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[Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 6192b6c: Document more details of package activat


From: Noam Postavsky
Subject: [Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 6192b6c: Document more details of package activation
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 03:18:40 +0000 (UTC)

branch: emacs-25
commit 6192b6c3a4374b2cb6e02ca865e1899a04a7f7dc
Author: Noam Postavsky <address@hidden>
Commit: Noam Postavsky <address@hidden>

    Document more details of package activation
    
    * doc/emacs/package.texi (Package Installation): Explain that package
    activation adds to load-path (Bug #21704).
---
 doc/emacs/package.texi |   10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/emacs/package.texi b/doc/emacs/package.texi
index 3c09983..5662c85 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



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