Re: How to install packages

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 04.07.2006 um 12:09 schrieb news:

> (autoload 'help+ "help+"
>   "Command to give better help" t)
>
> but it isn't working.

What is your proof? Autoload does not "compile-in" that package, it  
just allows you to use a few more functions and variables, those from  
this package. Once you use such a function or variable or access the  
package's customisation interface, it really gets "loaded." This is a  
feature of Emacs Lisp, at least.

> Again I'm probably doing something silly here - but I'm not sure  
> what. I also can't seem to find a simple guide to installing  
> packages on the internet anywhere, and not all packages seem to  
> have instructions at the top of their .el file.

Some packages offer a provide, then you simply require them. To  
install any Elisp code put these files into a directory mentioned in  
the variable load-path. Best is to choose something site specific.  
Putting lines like these into a file that is loaded early you can see  
in *Messages* what gets loaded:

        (defadvice load (before debug-log activate)
          (message "(Hinted by Kai G) Loading now: %s" (ad-get-arg 0)))


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Greetings

  Pete

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