Re: Autoloading M-x package-refresh-contents

[Phil Hagelberg]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:50 AM, Stefan Monnier
<address@hidden> wrote:
>> If you haven't already required package.el then M-x
>> package-refresh-contents will not be visible.
>
> I think the intention is to use it via `r' in after M-x list-packages.

That's one way to do it, but I personally find it more convenient to
use M-x package-install if I already know the name of the package. I
only use M-x list-packages when I'm browsing or I've forgotten what a
certain package is called. In this case it's pretty common to want to
refresh first.

-Phil