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master 218001e: Document `package-quickstart' in the user manual
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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master 218001e: Document `package-quickstart' in the user manual |
Date: |
Thu, 13 May 2021 07:45:18 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit 218001e48493a1cec1b6b98224f3fd1df1783a60
Author: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Commit: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Document `package-quickstart' in the user manual
* doc/emacs/package.texi (Package Installation): Document
`package-quickstart' (bug#44748).
---
doc/emacs/package.texi | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/package.texi b/doc/emacs/package.texi
index c2bd5cb..d419a4e 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/package.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/package.texi
@@ -416,12 +416,12 @@ 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.
- After a package is installed, it is automatically made available by
-Emacs in all subsequent sessions. This happens at startup, before
-processing the init file but after processing the early init file
-(@pxref{Early Init File}). As an exception, Emacs does not make
-packages available at startup if invoked with the @samp{-q} or
-@samp{--no-init-file} options (@pxref{Initial Options}).
+ Installed packages are automatically made available by Emacs in all
+subsequent sessions. This happens at startup, before processing the
+init file but after processing the early init file (@pxref{Early Init
+File}). As an exception, Emacs does not make packages available at
+startup if invoked with the @samp{-q} or @samp{--no-init-file} options
+(@pxref{Initial Options}).
@vindex package-enable-at-startup
To keep Emacs from automatically making packages available at
@@ -430,6 +430,17 @@ startup, change the variable
@code{package-enable-at-startup} to
is read before loading the regular init file. Currently this variable
cannot be set via Customize.
+@findex package-quickstart-refresh
+@vindex package-quickstart
+ If you have many packages installed, you can improve startup times
+by setting the user option @code{package-quickstart} to @code{t}.
+Setting this option will make Emacs precompute many things instead of
+re-computing them on every Emacs startup. However, if you do this,
+then you have to manually run the command
+@code{package-quickstart-refresh} when the activations need to be
+changed, such as when you change the value of
+@code{package-load-list}.
+
@findex package-activate-all
If you have set @code{package-enable-at-startup} to @code{nil}, you
can still make packages available either during or after startup. To
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