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How do I use Emacs packages?
To install a package:
- Alt + x list-packages .
- Find the package you want, move cursor to the line, press Enter .
- Put cursor on the pane, press Tab to move cursor to the “Install” button then press Enter .
- The package is now installed.
- Read the package doc to see what command to start it, if necessary.
What is Emacs use package?
The use-package macro allows you to isolate package configuration in your . emacs file in a way that is both performance-oriented and, well, tidy. Although use-package does have the useful capability to interface with package managers (see below), its primary purpose is for the configuration and loading of packages.
How do I initialize a python package?
If a file named __init__.py is present in a package directory, it is invoked when the package or a module in the package is imported. You can use this to execute package initialization code, for example for the initialization of package-level data.
How to use use-package in package.el?
You can use use-package to load packages from ELPA with package.el. This is particularly useful if you share your .emacs among several machines; the relevant packages are downloaded automatically once declared in your .emacs . The :ensure keyword causes the package (s) to be installed automatically if not already present on your system:
How to catch use-package expansion in init?
By default, if use-package-expand-minimally is nil (the default), use-package will attempts to catch and report errors that occur during expansion of use-package declarations in your init file. Setting use-package-expand-minimally to t completely disables this checking. This behavior may be overridden locally using the :catch keyword.
How to use the use-package declaration in GitHub?
Failed to load latest commit information. use-package Installing use-package Getting started Key-binding Binding to keymaps Binding within local keymaps Modes and interpreters Magic handlers Hooks Package customization Customizing variables.
When to use init and config in GitHub?
Similarly, :config can be used to execute code after a package is loaded. In cases where loading is done lazily (see more about autoloading below), this execution is deferred until after the autoload occurs: As you might expect, you can use :init and :config together: