Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> writes:
>> 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.
I believe the documentation here is just outdated. From NEWS.27:
** Installed packages are now activated *before* loading the init file.
As a result of this change, it is no longer necessary to call
'package-initialize' in your init file.
Previously, a call to 'package-initialize' was automatically inserted
into the init file when Emacs was started. This call can now safely
be removed.
Otherwise it might also refer to the fact that user option
`package-selected-packages' is saved, which by default will be stored in
the default Emacs configuration file.
--
Philip Kaludercic on peregrine
