Questions tagged [use-package]
is a macro package to isolate Emacs configuration lines in the init file. By isolating related lines, the configuration performs better and is easier to maintain.
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Getting started `use-package` question
I was reading the use-package documentation, which says, "Here is the simplest use-package declaration:"
;; This is only needed once, near the top of the file
(eval-when-compile
;; Following line ...
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Does `use-package` reduce startup time? If so, how?
My understanding of Emacs's package management is that Emacs automatically loads all installed packages.
use-package itself is a package, which only becomes usable after (package-initialize), at ...
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Unable to install Eclim for Eclipse in emacs
$ sudo apt install eclipse eclipse-jdt
Then, tried to install eclim using use-package in Emacs:
(use-package eclim
:ensure t
:config
(require 'eclim)
(setq eclimd-autostart t)
(defun ...
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Problem with use-package and matlab-mode - cannot load
I am trying to use the matlab-mode package with use-package.
in my init.el:
(use-package matlab-mode
:ensure t
:config
(add-to-list
'auto-mode-alist
'("\\.m\\'" . matlab-mode))
(setq ...
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use-package: autoload function outside the main package file
I am trying to install simplenote2 to read my org files on my phone.
The official setup method is:
(require 'simplenote2)
(setq simplenote2-email "email@example.com")
(setq simplenote2-password "...
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change use-package indentation
I'd like to change use-package's indentation style to look more distinguishable, (more or less) similar like the following indentation style:
(use-package foo
:commands (gah)
:init (setq f 1)
...
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use-package deferred loading for extensions not in :mode
When moving to use-package, I'd to replace
(require 'markdown-mode)
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.md\\'" . markdown-mode))
with
(use-package markdown-mode
:mode "\\.md\\'"
:config ...
)
...
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fetching elisp library from url
I am using use-package in my .emacs and it is great. However
occasionally I want to use a 3-rd party code which is not in [M]ELPA.
Of course, I can download it but then I will need to maintain a copy ...
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`use-package` and `define-key`
I'm using multiple-cursors, setting it up with use-package. By default, when multiple-cursors mode is enabled, <return> is bound to multiple-cursors-mode. I'm trying to override that adding this ...
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Prevent el-get updates
use-package package does not deal with packages on EmacsWiki. Therefore in my init file I added el-get too:
(use-package el-get
:config (el-get-emacswiki-build-local-recipes))
(el-get-bundle dired+...
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Using el-patch on a helper library of package
I am using the dashboard package which allows you to either use your own .png image on your splash page or makes you pick from a set of ascii logos. For some reason, it doesn't allow you to choose ...
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Avoid installing package to “.emacs.d/elpa/” directory
I install yasnippet from the repository using the package manager and I add the corresponding directory to the load path before (use-package yasnippet):
;; Add all subdirs in site-lisp to the ...
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Is there a clean way to splice some args to an existing Lisp macro?
I have the following non-working elisp code:
(use-package eglot
;; For debug/testing, load local copy of eglot if it exists
,@(if (file-directory-p (concat user-emacs-directory "/...
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configure packages without`provide` with `use-package`
How to configure packages, which have no (provide <PACKAGENAME>) call in their source code?
Immediate problem: configure isearch with use-package.
(Editing isearch.el is not an option because ...
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Slow package installation and multiple warnings
I have noticed that my emacs startup the first time while fetching all my packages using use-package and byte compiling everything is quite slow even though the number of packages is only 18.
My ...
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Integrating org-download with org-journal; images do not download
I have org-journal entries which I'd like to link to images that are also stored alongside them in the filesystem. Ideally this would happen automatically when an image is dragged-and-dropped on the ...
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How to temporaraly turn on a minor eldoc mode
I am trying to use go-eldoc, but its performance is too poor to always have on. This is what I currently have:
(use-package go-eldoc
:defer 2
:hook (go-mode . go-eldoc-setup))
(use-package go-...
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Proper way to use use-package and hooks on Auctex package
I'm learning how to use use-package, and I've some troubles to make it work with the Auctex packages (all the other packages are fine). I made my own function configure-viewer that basically adds a ...
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use-package org-mode :hook is being ignored
I'm currently running this version of Emacs:
GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.7) of 2019-04-11, modified by Debian
I'm attempting to use use-package to configure the ...
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use-package can't load package at startup
When I start Emacs I get the error message
Error (use-package): Cannot load counsel
But when I open init.el in a buffer and run eval-buffer everything works fine. What I'm doing wrong?
My Emacs ...
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Org mode needs to be reloaded before I can use my settings
I configured my org-mode through use-package :init and it works fine, except in one case. If I restart emacs and reopen a buffered .org file, my settings won't be applied until I do org-mode-restart, ...
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org-mode function definition is void
I install org-mode using use-package via the orgmode.org elpa archive.
In the past month I've received Symbol’s function definition is void messages such as:
org-capture-select-template: Symbol’s ...
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.emacs complains about undefined functions/variables event after byte-compile
I use use-package and pulled in the treemacs package with the default settings. Then I byte-compiled my .emacsfile. But I still get a warning saying:
the following functions might not be defined at ...
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Why :bind-keymap from use-package doesn't work for origami-mode-map?
Following the use in projectile example, which works fine for me. Why the following variation doesn't?
(use-package origami
:bind-keymap ("C-c o" . origami-mode-map)
:config
(global-origami-...
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AUCTeX no longer using pdf-tools after using :bind and :map from use-package to define keybindings for PDFView mode
I'd like to define a Hydra for PDFView mode and bind a key for it in pdf-view-mode-map. However, it seems that if I try to bind any keys for pdf-view-mode-map using :bind and :map of use-package, ...
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use-package do not bind in latex-mode-map
this is a part of my init file
(use-package tex-site
:ensure auctex
:mode
("\\.tex\\'" . latex-mode)
:bind
(:map LaTeX-mode-map
("<f5> <f5>" . TeX-command-save-buffer-and-...
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use-package won't load
I use the same configuration of emacs on multiple machines, and I want to use use-package to keep the packages the same on all machines. I have an init file in each machine's home directory that ...
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use-package arguments without use-package
The guide I'm following for lsp-emacs wants me to set these options:
;; Enable scala-mode and sbt-mode
(use-package scala-mode
:mode "\\.s\\(cala\\|bt\\)$")
(use-package sbt-mode
:commands sbt-...
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Proper use of use-package
I am using the following init file to download and load packages from melpa-stable in fresh Emacs installations:
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa-stable" . "https://stable....
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How to convert a package to a layer in spacemacs
I am new to the world of Emacs, and like most ex-vimmers, I am starting with Spacemacs. I have been trying to find time to do some leetcode and would like to use the package leetcode-emacs.
I have ...
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Melpa packages aren't being added
I have this in my init.el
(require 'package)
(setq package-enable-at-startup nil)
;;; Remove SC if you are not using sunrise commander and org if you like outdated packages
(setq package-archives '((...
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Cannot run cquery
I have been using rtags as my primary C++ mode, but I found that it's performance is not satisfying for large code bases e.g. Linux kernel.
It takes more than 5 seconds to find definitions. This it ...
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binding a minor mode's function to already defined key in global-map
(use-package
anaconda-mode
:defer t
:config
(progn
(unbind-key "M-." anaconda-mode-map)
(unbind-key "C-_" global-map))
:bind ((:map anaconda-mode-map
("C-_" . anaconda-...
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Spacemacs error when loading `.spacemacs` which uses package `flycheck`
I added the following at the end of my ~/.spacemacs file:
(use-package flycheck
:defer t
:init (global-flycheck-mode))
When I do this, I get Spacemacs encountered an error while loading your '/...
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Unbind CUA <C-return> key only in dired mode
Goal: unbind <C-return> key ONLY in dired mode in order to rebind it to dired-w32explore.
My configuration is using use-package with something like this:
(use-package dired
:init
(unbind-...
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initialization of bibtex package
When i ran the following code in just started emacs
(with-temp-buffer
(insert "@article{aaaa,
author = {AAA},
title = {BBBB}
}")
(bibtex-mode)
(bibtex-autokey-get-field "title")...
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`use-package` errors with “failed to define function” message when loading a local copy of a package
I'm trying to modify the package ediprolog, which was installed and working before, with use-package, from ELPA. I copied the file from the elpa folder to a folder called ediprolog.el and used:
(use-...
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How can I remove the logo image in the dashboard package?
I'd like to remove the image of the Emacs cow from the startup screen, but I want to keep my recent files, bookmarks, and agenda. Currently, I'm using the dashboard package with use-package.
My ...
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use-package: How to defer loading a command when depending on other deferred packages?
I would like to autoload the command f-join from f.el using use-package. Note that the package f.el depends on the packages dash.el and s.el. Here is a minimal example:
(setq debug-on-error t)
(let ((...
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How to properly define hydras inside use-package?
For example, I use undo-tree and have the following in my config file:
(use-package undo-tree
:ensure t
:diminish (undo-tree-mode . "")
:config
(global-undo-tree-mode 1))
Now I want to use ...
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Properly install ESS using use-package
I installed ESS using the following chuck of code:
(use-package ess
:init (require 'ess-site)
:mode (("\\.[rR]\\'" . R-mode)
("\\.Rnw\\'" . Rnw-mode))
)
Everything works fine, however ...
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use-package :bind not working as expected
I frequently work with R and ess, and want to bind a shortcut to a function that clears the R console:
(use-package ess-site
:ensure ess
:bind (:map inferior-ess-mode-map
("C-c c" . ...
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Reordering declarations with use-package: Why does this work?
I'm reorganising my init.el a bit and I've realised that it contains the following set of use-package declarations: (simplified slightly)
(use-package hasky-extensions
:config
(general-define-key
...
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Error (use-package): Cannot load magit
I am not sure if that is a problem on my site or more people are experiencing this. I thought at first that I broke something in my config file, but after loading by backup .emacs.d, the error is the ...
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Does `provide` conflict with `use-package`?
I just install use-package yesterday and still learning it. I notice use-package is not working in my environment:
Here is my init file:
(require 'package)
(dolist (url '(("melpa" . "https://melpa....
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How to set mode hook with lambda using use-package
I'm attempting to set the following hook using use-package, but it's not getting applied.
Normal elisp:
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook (lambda () (org-bullets-mode 1)))
Using use-package:
(use-package ...
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use-package won't load helm for projectile
I'm trying to use use-package to load projectile. Projectile uses helm for completion, which I'm also loading with use-package. Since projectile and helm have :bind sections I believe they're both ...
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package-install - not match
Window 10 (64 bit), Emacs 26.1
When in *scratch* buffer I run:
M-x package-install multiple-cursors
I get error No match
But when I go to package manager I success found and install package ...
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use-package ensure not working: package downloaded but gives warning and skips config [duplicate]
I have the following code in my init.el file:
(use-package org-plus-contrib
:ensure t
:config (progn (require 'ox-extra)
(ox-extras-activate '(ignore-headlines))))
The :ensure t ...
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Load package in dir-locals
Sorry, I'm new to emacs and I'm sure this is a very basic question.
For my personal projects I prefer spaces for indentation, whereas work requires smart-tabs (tabs for indentation, spaces for ...
