2017-03-02 22:30 GMT+01:00 Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com>: > Catonano (2017-03-02 12:51 +0100) wrote: > > > I installed emacs-debbugs > > > > But it doesn't get autoloaded > > It does! You probably think that all functions and variables are > autoloaded, but it's not the case. Autoloads are generated only for > those symbols (usually interactive commands) that have ";;;###autoload" > cookies. For example, look at "M-x find-library debbugs-gnu" and search > for ";;;###autoload" there. > > > so I had to comment out this line in > > my .emacs file > > > > (add-to-list 'debbugs-gnu-all-packages "guix-patches") > > > > because otherwise when launching emacs it claims that > > "debbugs-gnu-all-packages" value is void > > Yes, because this variable is void indeed when your emacs config is > loaded. Wrap such configurations of external Emacs packages inside > 'with-eval-after-load' as Thomas suggested. >
Thanks so much for clarifying, Alex
