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| author | Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> | 2016-06-27 00:26:16 -0400 |
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| committer | Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> | 2016-06-27 23:02:52 -0400 |
| commit | 6192b6c3a4374b2cb6e02ca865e1899a04a7f7dc (patch) | |
| tree | d27215e760ebaf35b636dd666cc0debac5681e2f /doc | |
| parent | 272ddc6793243a48dc61f0734cbd80a3377cb788 (diff) | |
Document more details of package activation
* doc/emacs/package.texi (Package Installation): Explain that package
activation adds to load-path (Bug #21704).
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/package.texi | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/package.texi b/doc/emacs/package.texi index 3c09983805..5662c857de 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/package.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/package.texi @@ -238,10 +238,12 @@ controlled by the value of @code{package-menu-hide-low-priority}.) Once a package is downloaded and installed, it is @dfn{loaded} into the current Emacs session. Loading a package is not quite the same as -loading a Lisp library (@pxref{Lisp Libraries}); its effect varies -from package to package. Most packages just make some new commands -available, while others have more wide-ranging effects on the Emacs -session. For such information, consult the package's help buffer. +loading a Lisp library (@pxref{Lisp Libraries}); loading a package +adds its directory to @code{load-path} and loads its autoloads. The +effect of a package's autoloads varies from package to package. Most +packages just make some new commands available, while others have more +wide-ranging effects on the Emacs session. For such information, +consult the package's help buffer. By default, Emacs also automatically loads all installed packages in subsequent Emacs sessions. This happens at startup, after processing |