On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 at 14:43, Reuben Thomas wrote: > > I tried other things, and searching online, and even looking at the source > code for use-package, but I can't work it out. > I had another look at the source code, and found this: (concat label " a or ( . )" " or list of these") It's unfortunate that this is part of an error message, as I've never seen the error, but I think this explains the syntax, and indeed says that you can't add multiple functions to a single hook with one :hook line; in other words, it would be necessary to write something like: (use-package foo-mode :hook ((foo-mode . function-a) (foo-mode . function-b))) -- https://rrt.sc3d.org