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I use emacs, have a .emacs file that I carry around with me, and have no idea how to write lisp.

• jhgb 9y ago
  Well, I do have an idea how to write Lisp but I still never got the hang of Emacs Lisp in particular. (But that may have something to do with the lack of actual effort on my part, admittedly.)
  • metaobject 9y ago
    Long time emacs user here with a .emacs which is highly customized and is updated by me frequently. I recently added (not sure what took me so long) code to automatically install packages which are missing (for instance, if I'm starting emacs on a new system). Love all lisps, including elisp.
    • _asummers 9y ago
      If you use use-package, you can add ":ensure t" to the configs to accomplish this same thing. If you're not using use-package, you should be :) . Example use: (use-package unfill :ensure t :defer t :commands (unfill-region unfill-paragraph unfill-toggle) :bind ("M-q" . unfill-toggle))
      • omaranto 9y ago
        I'd recommend counting how many of your use-package forms have :ensure t and how many don't. If more have it than not, instead (setq use-package-always-ensure t).
        • todd8 9y ago
          Hey thanks, I didn't know about use-package-always-ensure.