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| author | Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> | 2016-07-01 21:15:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> | 2016-07-03 09:19:23 -0400 |
| commit | dec756756070d271925c8c2a705de97eb8d7fb0b (patch) | |
| tree | f28d47f94314e21815d4127a16ec68c6c0ba6a1a | |
| parent | 113d1e2beffd09c497d4af47752da27fbc025ead (diff) | |
Explain when package-initialize isn't called
* doc/lispref/os.texi (Startup Summary): Explain that package-initialize
is not called when options -q, -Q, or --batch were passed (Bug #19151).
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/os.texi | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi index 5f189b984a..ec14b014e5 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/os.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi @@ -155,9 +155,13 @@ It loads your abbrevs from the file specified by option @samp{--batch} was specified. @item -If @code{package-enable-at-startup} is non-@code{nil}, it calls the -function @code{package-initialize} to activate any optional Emacs Lisp -package that has been installed. @xref{Packaging Basics}. +It calls the function @code{package-initialize} to activate any +optional Emacs Lisp package that has been installed. @xref{Packaging +Basics}. However, Emacs doesn't initialize packages when +@code{package-enable-at-startup} is @code{nil} or when it's started +with one of the options @samp{-q}, @samp{-Q}, or @samp{--batch}. To +initialize packages in the latter case, @code{package-initialize} +should be called explicitly (e.g., via the @samp{--funcall} option). @vindex after-init-time @item |