Allen Li <darkfel...@felesatra.moe> writes: > On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 3:46 PM David Masterson <dsmaster...@outlook.com> > wrote: >> >> Am I reading the startup process right? >> >> In GNU Emacs v26+, it appears that package-initialize is run out of >> startup.el which is run (I think) before the various "init" files. >> Therefore, it is hardcoding the assumptions that: >> >> 1. The standard packages are in site-lisp or elpa directories. >> 2. The user packages are in .emacs.d/elpa directory. >> >> This means that, if you set up a number of package-archives to install >> packages from (such as "melpa"), all of the packages must be installed >> in "elpa" directories in your local setup. This would seem to be a >> configuration issue. > > From the NEWS file in emacs master: > > ** Emacs can now be configured using an early init file. > The file is called 'early-init.el', in 'user-emacs-directory'. It is > loaded very early in the startup process: before graphical elements > such as the tool bar are initialized, and before the package manager > is initialized. The primary purpose is to allow customizing how the > package system is initialized given that initialization now happens > before loading the regular init file (see below).
Thanks for the pointer. Hadn't heard of this init file. > Also, this question belongs on the Emacs mailing list rather than > the Org mode mailing list. Very good point. I've been around long enough to know better. -- David
