#+TITLE: use-package User Manual #+AUTHOR: John Wiegley #+EMAIL: johnw@newartisans.com #+DATE: 2012-2017 #+LANGUAGE: en #+HUGO_BASE_DIR: ./doc #+HUGO_SECTION: / #+HUGO_MENU: :menu main #+TEXINFO_DIR_CATEGORY: Emacs #+TEXINFO_DIR_TITLE: use-package: (use-package). #+TEXINFO_DIR_DESC: Declarative package configuration for Emacs. #+SUBTITLE: for version 2.4 #+TEXINFO_DEFFN: t #+OPTIONS: H:4 num:3 toc:2 creator:t # Below macro is used so that both texinfo and hugo exports work # harmoniously. For texinfo exports, the export is done using the # scope of the whole file, so it can resolve all internal link # references. Whereas for hugo exports, they are done only from the # scope of a subtree (or a page of the doc site), so at the moment it # doesn't auto-resolve Org internal links outside that scope. # FIXME: This is just a workaround.. hope to get a better solution in # the future. #+MACRO: link-jump @@texinfo:@ref{$1}@@@@hugo:[$1]($2)@@ use-package is... #+BEGIN_QUOTE Copyright (C) 2012-2017 John Wiegley You can redistribute this document and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. #+END_QUOTE * Introduction :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: _index :EXPORT_HUGO_TYPE: homepage :END: The ~use-package~ macro allows you to isolate package configuration in your ~.emacs~ file in a way that is both performance-oriented and, well, tidy. I created it because I have over 80 packages that I use in Emacs, and things were getting difficult to manage. Yet with this utility my total load time is around 2 seconds, with no loss of functionality! More text to come... * Installation :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: installation :END: ** _ :ignore: use-package can be installed using Emacs' package manager or manually from its development repository. ** Installing from an Elpa Archive use-package is available from Melpa and Melpa-Stable. If you haven't used Emacs' package manager before, then it is high time you familiarize yourself with it by reading the documentation in the Emacs manual, see [[info:emacs#Packages]]. Then add one of the archives to ~package-archives~: - To use Melpa: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (require 'package) (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/") t) #+END_SRC - To use Melpa-Stable: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (require 'package) (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa-stable" . "https://stable.melpa.org/packages/") t) #+END_SRC Once you have added your preferred archive, you need to update the local package list using: #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE M-x package-refresh-contents RET #+END_EXAMPLE Once you have done that, you can install use-package and its dependencies using: #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE M-x package-install RET use-package RET #+END_EXAMPLE Now see [[*Post-Installation Tasks]]. ** Installing from the Git Repository First, use Git to clone the use-package repository: #+BEGIN_SRC shell-script $ git clone https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package.git ~/.emacs.d/site-lisp/use-package $ cd ~/.emacs.d/site-lisp/use-package #+END_SRC Then compile the libraries and generate the info manuals: #+BEGIN_SRC shell-script $ make #+END_SRC You may need to create ~/path/to/use-package/config.mk~ with the following content before running ~make~: #+BEGIN_SRC makefile LOAD_PATH = -L /path/to/use-package #+END_SRC Finally add this to your init file: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/site-lisp/use-package") (require 'use-package) (with-eval-after-load 'info (info-initialize) (add-to-list 'Info-directory-list "~/.emacs.d/site-lisp/use-package/")) #+END_SRC Note that elements of ~load-path~ should not end with a slash, while those of ~Info-directory-list~ should. Instead of running use-package directly from the repository by adding it to the ~load-path~, you might want to instead install it in some other directory using ~sudo make install~ and setting ~load-path~ accordingly. To update use-package use: #+BEGIN_SRC shell-script $ git pull $ make #+END_SRC At times it might be necessary to run ~make clean all~ instead. To view all available targets use ~make help~. Now see [[*Post-Installation Tasks]]. ** Post-Installation Tasks After installing use-package you should verify that you are indeed using the use-package release you think you are using. It's best to restart Emacs before doing so, to make sure you are not using an outdated value for ~load-path~. #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE C-h v use-package-version RET #+END_EXAMPLE should display something like #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE use-package-version’s value is "2.4" #+END_EXAMPLE If you are completely new to use-package then see {{{link-jump(Getting Started,/getting-started)}}}. If you run into problems, then please see the {{{link-jump(FAQ,/faq)}}}. Also see the {{{link-jump(Debugging Tools,/debugging-tools)}}}. * Getting Started :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: getting-started :END: TODO. For now, see ~README.md~. * Basic Concepts ~use-package~ was created for few basic reasons, each of which drove the design in various ways. Understanding these reasons may help make some of those decisions clearer: 1. To gather all configuration details of a package into one place, making it easier to copy, disable, or move it elsewhere in the init file. 2. To reduce duplication and boilerplate, capturing several common practices as mere keywords both easy and intuitive to use. 3. To make startup time of Emacs as quick as possible, without sacrificing the quantity of add-on packages used. 4. To make it so errors encountered during startup disable only the package raising the error, and as little else as possible, leaving a close to a functional Emacs as possible. 5. To allow byte-compilation of one's init file so that any warnings or errors seen are meaningful. In this way, even if byte-compilation is not used for speed (reason 3), it can still be used as a sanity check. * Issues/Requests :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: issues :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: _index :END: * Keywords :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: keywords :END: ** ~:after~ Sometimes it only makes sense to configure a package after another has been loaded, because certain variables or functions are not in scope until that time. This can achieved using an ~:after~ keyword that allows a fairly rich description of the exact conditions when loading should occur. Here is an example: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package hydra :load-path "site-lisp/hydra") (use-package ivy :load-path "site-lisp/swiper") (use-package ivy-hydra :after (ivy hydra)) #+END_SRC In this case, because all of these packages are demand-loaded in the order they occur, the use of ~:after~ is not strictly necessary. By using it, however, the above code becomes order-independent, without an implicit depedence on the nature of your init file. By default, ~:after (foo bar)~ is the same as ~:after (:all foo bar)~, meaning that loading of the given package will not happen until both ~foo~ and ~bar~ have been loaded. Here are some of the other possibilities: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :after (foo bar) :after (:all foo bar) :after (:any foo bar) :after (:all (:any foo bar) (:any baz quux)) :after (:any (:all foo bar) (:all baz quux)) #+END_SRC When you nest selectors, such as ~(:any (:all foo bar) (:all baz quux))~, it means that the package will be loaded when either both ~foo~ and ~bar~ have been loaded, or both ~baz~ and ~quux~ have been loaded. *NOTE*: Pay attention if you set ~use-package-always-defer~ to t, and also use the ~:after~ keyword, as you will need to specify how the declared package is to be loaded: e.g., by some ~:bind~. If you're not using one of tho mechanisms that registers autoloads, such as ~:bind~ or ~:hook~, and your package manager does not provide autoloads, it's possible that without adding ~:demand t~ to those declarations, your package will never be loaded. ** ~:bind-keymap~, ~:bind-keymap*~ Normally ~:bind~ expects that commands are functions that will be autoloaded from the given package. However, this does not work if one of those commands is actually a keymap, since keymaps are not functions, and cannot be autoloaded using Emacs' ~autoload~ mechanism. To handle this case, ~use-package~ offers a special, limited variant of ~:bind~ called ~:bind-keymap~. The only difference is that the "commands" bound to by ~:bind-keymap~ must be keymaps defined in the package, rather than command functions. This is handled behind the scenes by generating custom code that loads the package containing the keymap, and then re-executes your keypress after the first load, to reinterpret that keypress as a prefix key. For example: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package projectile :bind-keymap ("C-c p" . projectile-command-map) #+END_SRC ** ~:bind~, ~:bind*~ Another common thing to do when loading a module is to bind a key to primary commands within that module: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ace-jump-mode :bind ("C-." . ace-jump-mode)) #+END_SRC This does two things: first, it creates an autoload for the ~ace-jump-mode~ command and defers loading of ~ace-jump-mode~ until you actually use it. Second, it binds the key ~C-.~ to that command. After loading, you can use ~M-x describe-personal-keybindings~ to see all such keybindings you've set throughout your ~.emacs~ file. A more literal way to do the exact same thing is: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ace-jump-mode :commands ace-jump-mode :init (bind-key "C-." 'ace-jump-mode)) #+END_SRC When you use the ~:commands~ keyword, it creates autoloads for those commands and defers loading of the module until they are used. Since the ~:init~ form is always run---even if ~ace-jump-mode~ might not be on your system---remember to restrict ~:init~ code to only what would succeed either way. The ~:bind~ keyword takes either a cons or a list of conses: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package hi-lock :bind (("M-o l" . highlight-lines-matching-regexp) ("M-o r" . highlight-regexp) ("M-o w" . highlight-phrase))) #+END_SRC The ~:commands~ keyword likewise takes either a symbol or a list of symbols. NOTE: Special keys like ~tab~ or ~F1~-~Fn~ can be written in square brackets, i.e. ~[tab]~ instead of ~"tab"~. The syntax for the keybindings is similar to the "kbd" syntax: see [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Init-Rebinding.html][the Emacs Manual]] for more information. Examples: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package helm :bind (("M-x" . helm-M-x) ("M-" . helm-find-files) ([f10] . helm-buffers-list) ([S-f10] . helm-recentf))) #+END_SRC *** Binding to local keymaps Slightly different from binding a key to a keymap, is binding a key *within* a local keymap that only exists after the package is loaded. ~use-package~ supports this with a ~:map~ modifier, taking the local keymap to bind to: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package helm :bind (:map helm-command-map ("C-c h" . helm-execute-persistent-action))) #+END_SRC The effect of this statement is to wait until ~helm~ has loaded, and then to bind the key ~C-c h~ to ~helm-execute-persistent-action~ within Helm's local keymap, ~helm-mode-map~. Multiple uses of ~:map~ may be specified. Any binding occurring before the first use of ~:map~ are applied to the global keymap: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package term :bind (("C-c t" . term) :map term-mode-map ("M-p" . term-send-up) ("M-n" . term-send-down) :map term-raw-map ("M-o" . other-window) ("M-p" . term-send-up) ("M-n" . term-send-down))) #+END_SRC ** ~:commands~ ** ~:preface~, ~:init~, ~:config~ Here is the simplest ~use-package~ declaration: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp ;; This is only needed once, near the top of the file (eval-when-compile ;; Following line is not needed if use-package.el is in ~/.emacs.d (add-to-list 'load-path "") (require 'use-package)) (use-package foo) #+END_SRC This loads in the package ~foo~, but only if ~foo~ is available on your system. If not, a warning is logged to the ~*Messages*~ buffer. If it succeeds, a message about ~"Loading foo"~ is logged, along with the time it took to load, if it took over 0.1 seconds. Use the ~:init~ keyword to execute code before a package is loaded. It accepts one or more forms, up until the next keyword: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package foo :init (setq foo-variable t)) #+END_SRC Similarly, ~:config~ can be used to execute code after a package is loaded. In cases where loading is done lazily (see more about autoloading below), this execution is deferred until after the autoload occurs: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package foo :init (setq foo-variable t) :config (foo-mode 1)) #+END_SRC As you might expect, you can use ~:init~ and ~:config~ together: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package color-moccur :commands (isearch-moccur isearch-all) :bind (("M-s O" . moccur) :map isearch-mode-map ("M-o" . isearch-moccur) ("M-O" . isearch-moccur-all)) :init (setq isearch-lazy-highlight t) :config (use-package moccur-edit)) #+END_SRC In this case, I want to autoload the commands ~isearch-moccur~ and ~isearch-all~ from ~color-moccur.el~, and bind keys both at the global level and within the ~isearch-mode-map~ (see next section). When the package is actually loaded (by using one of these commands), ~moccur-edit~ is also loaded, to allow editing of the ~moccur~ buffer. ** ~:custom~ The ~:custom~ keyword allows customization of package custom variables. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package comint :custom (comint-buffer-maximum-size 20000 "Increase comint buffer size.") (comint-prompt-read-only t "Make the prompt read only.")) #+END_SRC The documentation string is not mandatory. ** ~:custom-face~ The ~:custom-face~ keyword allows customization of package custom faces. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package eruby-mode :custom-face (eruby-standard-face ((t (:slant italic))))) #+END_SRC ** ~:defer~, ~:demand~ In almost all cases you don't need to manually specify ~:defer t~. This is implied whenever ~:bind~ or ~:mode~ or ~:interpreter~ is used. Typically, you only need to specify ~:defer~ if you know for a fact that some other package will do something to cause your package to load at the appropriate time, and thus you would like to defer loading even though use-package isn't creating any autoloads for you. You can override package deferral with the ~:demand~ keyword. Thus, even if you use ~:bind~, using ~:demand~ will force loading to occur immediately and not establish an autoload for the bound key. ** ~:defines~, ~:functions~ Another feature of ~use-package~ is that it always loads every file that it can when ~.emacs~ is being byte-compiled. This helps to silence spurious warnings about unknown variables and functions. However, there are times when this is just not enough. For those times, use the ~:defines~ and ~:functions~ keywords to introduce dummy variable and function declarations solely for the sake of the byte-compiler: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package texinfo :defines texinfo-section-list :commands texinfo-mode :init (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.texi$" . texinfo-mode))) #+END_SRC If you need to silence a missing function warning, you can use ~:functions~: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ruby-mode :mode "\\.rb\\'" :interpreter "ruby" :functions inf-ruby-keys :config (defun my-ruby-mode-hook () (require 'inf-ruby) (inf-ruby-keys)) (add-hook 'ruby-mode-hook 'my-ruby-mode-hook)) #+END_SRC ** ~:diminish~, ~:delight~ ~use-package~ also provides built-in support for the diminish and delight utilities---if you have them installed. Their purpose is to remove or change minor mode strings in your mode-line. [[https://github.com/myrjola/diminish.el][diminish]] is invoked with the ~:diminish~ keyword, which is passed either a minor mode symbol, a cons of the symbol and its replacement string, or just a replacement string, in which case the minor mode symbol is guessed to be the package name with "-mode" appended at the end: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package abbrev :diminish abbrev-mode :config (if (file-exists-p abbrev-file-name) (quietly-read-abbrev-file))) #+END_SRC [[https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/delight.html][delight]] is invoked with the ~:delight~ keyword, which is passed a minor mode symbol, a replacement string or quoted [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Mode-Line-Data.html][mode-line data]] (in which case the minor mode symbol is guessed to be the package name with "-mode" appended at the end), both of these, or several lists of both. If no arguments are provided, the default mode name is hidden completely. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp ;; Don't show anything for rainbow-mode. (use-package rainbow-mode :delight) ;; Don't show anything for auto-revert-mode, which doesn't match ;; its package name. (use-package autorevert :delight auto-revert-mode) ;; Remove the mode name for projectile-mode, but show the project name. (use-package projectile :delight '(:eval (concat " " (projectile-project-name)))) ;; Completely hide visual-line-mode and change auto-fill-mode to " AF". (use-package emacs :delight (auto-fill-function " AF") (visual-line-mode)) #+END_SRC ** ~:disabled~ The ~:disabled~ keyword can turn off a module you're having difficulties with, or stop loading something you're not using at the present time: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ess-site :disabled :commands R) #+END_SRC When byte-compiling your ~.emacs~ file, disabled declarations are omitted from the output entirely, to accelerate startup times. ** ~:ensure~, ~:pin~ You can use ~use-package~ to load packages from ELPA with ~package.el~. This is particularly useful if you share your ~.emacs~ among several machines; the relevant packages are downloaded automatically once declared in your ~.emacs~. The ~:ensure~ keyword causes the package(s) to be installed automatically if not already present on your system (set ~(setq use-package-always-ensure t)~ if you wish this behavior to be global for all packages): #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package magit :ensure t) #+END_SRC If you need to install a different package from the one named by ~use-package~, you can specify it like this: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package tex :ensure auctex) #+END_SRC Lastly, when running on Emacs 24.4 or later, use-package can pin a package to a specific archive, allowing you to mix and match packages from different archives. The primary use-case for this is preferring packages from the ~melpa-stable~ and ~gnu~ archives, but using specific packages from ~melpa~ when you need to track newer versions than what is available in the ~stable~ archives is also a valid use-case. By default ~package.el~ prefers ~melpa~ over ~melpa-stable~ due to the versioning ~(> evil-20141208.623 evil-1.0.9)~, so even if you are tracking only a single package from ~melpa~, you will need to tag all the non-~melpa~ packages with the appropriate archive. If this really annoys you, then you can set ~use-package-always-pin~ to set a default. If you want to manually keep a package updated and ignore upstream updates, you can pin it to ~manual~, which as long as there is no repository by that name, will Just Work(tm). ~use-package~ throws an error if you try to pin a package to an archive that has not been configured using ~package-archives~ (apart from the magic ~manual~ archive mentioned above): #+BEGIN_SRC text-mode Archive 'foo' requested for package 'bar' is not available. #+END_SRC Example: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package company :ensure t :pin melpa-stable) (use-package evil :ensure t) ;; no :pin needed, as package.el will choose the version in melpa (use-package adaptive-wrap :ensure t ;; as this package is available only in the gnu archive, this is ;; technically not needed, but it helps to highlight where it ;; comes from :pin gnu) (use-package org :ensure t ;; ignore org-mode from upstream and use a manually installed version :pin manual) #+END_SRC *NOTE*: the ~:pin~ argument has no effect on emacs versions < 24.4. ** ~:hook~ The ~:hook~ keyword allows adding functions onto hooks, here only the basename of the hook is required. Thus, all of the following are equivalent: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ace-jump-mode :hook prog-mode) (use-package ace-jump-mode :hook (prog-mode . ace-jump-mode)) (use-package ace-jump-mode :commands ace-jump-mode :init (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'ace-jump-mode)) #+END_SRC And likewise, when multiple hooks should be applied, the following are also equivalent: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ace-jump-mode :hook (prog-mode text-mode)) (use-package ace-jump-mode :hook ((prog-mode text-mode) . ace-jump-mode)) (use-package ace-jump-mode :hook ((prog-mode . ace-jump-mode) (text-mode . ace-jump-mode))) (use-package ace-jump-mode :commands ace-jump-mode :init (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'ace-jump-mode) (add-hook 'text-mode-hook #'ace-jump-mode)) #+END_SRC The use of ~:hook~, as with ~:bind~, ~:mode~, ~:interpreter~, etc., causes the functions being hooked to implicitly be read as ~:commands~ (meaning they will establish interactive ~autoload~ definitions for that module, if not already defined as functions), and so ~:defer t~ is also implied by ~:hook~. ** ~:if~, ~:when~, ~:unless~ You can use the ~:if~ keyword to predicate the loading and initialization of modules. For example, I only want ~edit-server~ running for my main, graphical Emacs, not for other Emacsen I may start at the command line: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package edit-server :if window-system :init (add-hook 'after-init-hook 'server-start t) (add-hook 'after-init-hook 'edit-server-start t)) #+END_SRC In another example, we can load things conditional on the operating system: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package exec-path-from-shell :if (memq window-system '(mac ns)) :ensure t :config (exec-path-from-shell-initialize)) #+END_SRC Note that ~:when~ is provided as an alias for ~:if~, and ~:unless foo~ means the same thing as ~:if (not foo)~. ** ~:load-path~ If your package needs a directory added to the ~load-path~ in order to load, use ~:load-path~. This takes a symbol, a function, a string or a list of strings. If the path is relative, it is expanded within ~user-emacs-directory~: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ess-site :load-path "site-lisp/ess/lisp/" :commands R) #+END_SRC Note that when using a symbol or a function to provide a dynamically generated list of paths, you must inform the byte-compiler of this definition so the value is available at byte-compilation time. This is done by using the special form ~eval-and-compile~ (as opposed to ~eval-when-compile~). Further, this value is fixed at whatever was determined during compilation, to avoid looking up the same information again on each startup: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (eval-and-compile (defun ess-site-load-path () (shell-command "find ~ -path ess/lisp"))) (use-package ess-site :load-path (lambda () (list (ess-site-load-path))) :commands R) #+END_SRC ** ~:mode~, ~:interpreter~ Similar to ~:bind~, you can use ~:mode~ and ~:interpreter~ to establish a deferred binding within the ~auto-mode-alist~ and ~interpreter-mode-alist~ variables. The specifier to either keyword can be a cons cell, a list of cons cells, or a string or regexp: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ruby-mode :mode "\\.rb\\'" :interpreter "ruby") ;; The package is "python" but the mode is "python-mode": (use-package python :mode ("\\.py\\'" . python-mode) :interpreter ("python" . python-mode)) #+END_SRC If you aren't using ~:commands~, ~:bind~, ~:bind*~, ~:bind-keymap~, ~:bind-keymap*~, ~:mode~, or ~:interpreter~ (all of which imply ~:defer~; see the docstring for ~use-package~ for a brief description of each), you can still defer loading with the ~:defer~ keyword: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ace-jump-mode :defer t :init (autoload 'ace-jump-mode "ace-jump-mode" nil t) (bind-key "C-." 'ace-jump-mode)) #+END_SRC This does exactly the same thing as the following: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ace-jump-mode :bind ("C-." . ace-jump-mode)) #+END_SRC ** ~:magic~, ~:magic-fallback~ Similar to ~:mode~ and ~:interpreter~, you can also use ~:magic~ and ~:magic-fallback~ to cause certain function to be run if the beginning of a file matches a given regular expression. The difference between the two is that ~:magic-fallback~ has a lower priority than ~:mode~. For example: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package pdf-tools :load-path "site-lisp/pdf-tools/lisp" :magic ("%PDF" . pdf-view-mode) :config (pdf-tools-install)) #+END_SRC This registers an autoloaded command for ~pdf-view-mode~, defers loading of ~pdf-tools~, and runs ~pdf-view-mode~ if the beginning of a buffer matches the string ~"%PDF"~. ** ~:no-require~ Normally, ~use-package~ will load each package at compile time before compiling the configuration, to ensure that any necessary symbols are in scope to satisfy the byte-compiler. At times this can cause problems, since a package may have special loading requirements, and all that you want to use ~use-package~ for is to add a configuration to the ~eval-after-load~ hook. In such cases, use the ~:no-require~ keyword: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package foo :no-require t :config (message "This is evaluated when `foo' is loaded")) #+END_SRC ** ~:requires~ While the ~:after~ keyword delays loading until the dependencies are loaded, the somewhat simpler ~:requires~ keyword simply never loads the package if the dependencies are not available at the time the ~use-package~ declaration is encountered. By "available" in this context it means that ~foo~ is available of ~(featurep 'foo)~ evaulates to a non-nil value. For example: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package abbrev :requires foo) #+END_SRC This is the same as: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package abbrev :if (featurep 'foo)) #+END_SRC As a convenience, a list of such packages may be specified: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package abbrev :requires (foo bar baz)) #+END_SRC For more complex logic, such as that supported by ~:after~, simply use ~:if~ and the appropriate Lisp expression. * FAQ :PROPERTIES: :APPENDIX: t :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: faq :END: The next two nodes lists frequently asked questions. Please also use the {{{link-jump(Debugging Tools,/debugging-tools)}}}. ** FAQ - How to ...? *** This is a question This is an answer. ** FAQ - Issues and Errors *** This is an issues This is a description. * Debugging Tools :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: debugging-tools :END: TODO Please also see the {{{link-jump(FAQ,/faq)}}}. * Command Index :PROPERTIES: :APPENDIX: t :INDEX: cp :END: * Function Index :PROPERTIES: :APPENDIX: t :INDEX: fn :END: * Variable Index :PROPERTIES: :APPENDIX: t :INDEX: vr :END: * _ Copying :PROPERTIES: :COPYING: t :END: #+BEGIN_QUOTE Copyright (C) 2012-2017 John Wiegley You can redistribute this document and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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