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diff --git a/doc/emacs.texi b/doc/emacs.texi index ad2dcd8f65..a9f706e11c 100644 --- a/doc/emacs.texi +++ b/doc/emacs.texi @@ -56,11 +56,21 @@ Manual}): (require 'guix-init) @end example -Do not worry about the efficiency of that @code{require} thing. It will -not load the whole ``guix.el'' package, it will just autoload the main -interactive commands (@pxref{Autoload,,, elisp, The GNU Emacs Lisp -Reference Manual}). - +By default, along with autoloading (@pxref{Autoload,,, elisp, The GNU +Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}) the main interactive commands for +``guix.el'' (@pxref{Emacs Commands}), requiring @code{guix-init} will +also autoload commands for the Emacs packages installed in your user +profile. + +To disable automatic loading of installed Emacs packages, set +@code{guix-package-enable-at-startup} variable to @code{nil} before +requiring @code{guix-init}. This variable has the same meaning for +Emacs packages installed with Guix, as @code{package-enable-at-startup} +for the inbuilt Emacs package system (@pxref{Package Installation,,, +emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). + +You can activate Emacs packages installed in your profile whenever you +want using @kbd{M-x@tie{}guix-emacs-load-autoloads}. @node Emacs Usage @subsection Usage |