> From: Krystian Samp <samp.kryst...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 12:41:11 +0200 > > I was reading the section on "Libraries of Lisp Code for Emacs" (section > 28.8) in the Emacs manual, and I > encountered a passage that seems a bit unclear. The text suggests that when > using package-install, Emacs > might automatically add initialization code to the init.el file, which > doesn’t seem to match my experience. > > Specifically, the manual states: "Installing a package using package-install > takes care of placing the package’s > Lisp files in a directory where Emacs will find it, and also writes the > necessary initialization code into your init > files [...]" > > From my understanding, package-install does not modify init.el directly, > which is how I interpret the > documentation above. Instead, Emacs calls package-initialize which makes the > installed packages available, > automatically. > > I want to check if this is a valid concern / interpretation that warrants a > documentation change. If so, I'll be > happy to create a patch.
Is package-quickstart.el considered "init file" or not? And I add Philip to this discussion, as he knows the package.el code better than I do.
