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Possible documentation improvement: Clarification for package installation

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From: Krystian Samp <samp.krystian <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 72961 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, philipk <at> posteo.net
Subject: Re: bug#72961: Possible documentation improvement: Clarification for
 package installation
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 09:44:14 +0200

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Thanks,

imho it'd be also useful to add there that Emacs will make the installed
packages available automatically at startup. Now it reads that Emacs will
add them to `load-path` but I wouldn't infer from this that Emacs will also
make these packages available. And right after that we say that "... making
the above manual customizations unnecessary for such packages" which
specifically refers to loading, not only adding to `load-path`. Just two
cents,

K

On Thu, 5 Sept 2024 at 08:25, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Krystian Samp <samp.krystian <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 23:52:15 +0200
> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 72961 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> > I'd propose to make a simple change in 28.8 that is consistent with 49.3:
> >
> > Original:
> > "Note that installing a package using package-install (see Package
> Installation) takes care of placing the
> > package's Lisp files in a directory where Emacs will find it, and also
> writes the necessary initialization code into
> > your init files, making the above manual customizations unnecessary"
> >
> > Proposed:
> >
> > “Note that installing a package using package-install (see Package
> Installation) takes care of placing the
> > package’s Lisp files in a directory where Emacs will find it. Installed
> packages are automatically made available
> > by Emacs in all subsequent sessions, making the above manual
> customizations unnecessary.”
>
> Thanks, I modified the text slightly differently.
>

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