Re: Changes to make in elpa-packages file for nongnu elpa

[Eshel Yaron]

Hi Philip,

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

> Here is my first attempt at providing this kind of a command.  Any
> comments?

I haven't followed the thread very closely, but this looks quite useful!
A few minor suggestions:

> diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
> index 57f04609679..c374695a571 100644
> --- a/etc/NEWS
> +++ b/etc/NEWS
> @@ -505,6 +505,12 @@ project, that you can quickly select using 
> 'project-switch-project'
>  When non-nil, package specifications with side-effects for building
>  software will be used when building a package.
>  
> +---
> +*** New command to start Emacs only with specific packages

This should probably end with a period.

> +The command 'package-isolate' is equivalent to starting Emacs with the
> +-Q flag and loading specific packages (and their dependencies)
> +manually.

I'd rephrase this as: "The command 'package-isolate' starts a new Emacs
instance with minimum customizations (similar to 'emacs -Q') and a given
set of packages (with their dependencies)."

> +(defun package-isolate (packages)
> +  "Start a new instance of Emacs and load only PACKAGES."

I'd clarify that the new instance disregards the user's
config/customizations, how about "Start a new Emacs instance with
minimum customizations and load PACKAGES."

> +DEFUN ("emacs-executable", Femacs_executable, Semacs_executable, 0, 0, "",
> +       doc: /* Return a string with the file name of the Emacs executable.
> +If this is not known, nil will be returned instead. */)

Maybe say "Return the file name of the Emacs executable, or nil if
unknown." to steer clear of the passive voice.


Best,

Eshel