[emacs/ebdb] tweak when to load the various subpackages

[~bandali/configs] / init.org

diff --git a/init.org b/init.org
index 7b8e220..6193a21 100644 (file)
--- a/init.org
+++ b/init.org
@@ -32,6 +32,46 @@ anyway.  So, I've opted to use =straight.el=.  I also used Borg for a
 few months, but decided to try =straight.el= which allows direct use
 of the various package archives.
 
+** Installation
+
+To use this config for your Emacs, first you need to clone this repo,
+then tangle =init.org= into =init.el=, and optionally byte-compile
+=init.el=.
+
+First, clone the repository and =cd= into it:
+
+#+begin_src sh :tangle no
+git clone https://git.sr.ht/~bandali/dotfiles ~/.emacs.d
+cd ~/.emacs.d
+#+end_src
+
+Then, decide if you would like to use a byte-compiled init file, and
+set the following variable accordingly:
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(defvar a/byte-compiled-init t
+  "If non-nil, byte-(re)compile init.el on successful tangles.")
+#+end_src
+
+Now, first tangle =init.org=, and only if you chose to have a
+byte-compiled init, build init as well:
+
+#+begin_src sh :tangle no
+make tangle-init
+make build-init
+#+end_src
+
+If you'd like to use a byte-compiled init, it's important that it be
+recompiled whenever =init.el= is generated from an updated =init.org=.
+Not only does my setup automatically and asynchronously tangle
+=init.org= to =init.el= every time you edit and save =init.org= in GNU
+Emacs, it will also invoke =make build-init= if you set
+=a/byte-compiled-init= to =t= above, so you wouldn't have to worry
+about manually tangling and compiling your init file whenever you
+change it.  The output of the last byte-compilation in the current
+session is kept in a =*compilation*= buffer, which will automatically
+be displayed if compilation fails.
+
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 - [[#about][About]]
@@ -856,9 +896,13 @@ file.
   (defvar a/show-async-tangle-time nil
     "Show the time spent tangling the file.")
 
-  (defvar a/async-tangle-post-compile "make bi"
+  (defvar a/async-tangle-post-compile
+    (when a/byte-compiled-init "make build-init")
     "If non-nil, pass to `compile' after successful tangle.")
 
+  ;; TODO: look into why directly byte-compiling init.el causes a
+  ;; number of problems, including magit-status not loading (busy
+  ;; waiting).
   (defvar a/async-tangle-byte-recompile nil
     "If non-nil, byte-recompile the file on successful tangle.")
 
@@ -2143,7 +2187,11 @@ Also see [[https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/rebox2][rebox2]].
    gnus-save-newsrc-file nil
    gnus-read-newsrc-file nil
    gnus-interactive-exit nil
-   gnus-gcc-mark-as-read t))
+   gnus-gcc-mark-as-read t)
+  :config
+  (require 'ebdb)
+  (require 'ebdb-mua)
+  (require 'ebdb-gnus))
 
 (use-feature gnus-art
   :config
@@ -2259,6 +2307,7 @@ Also see [[https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/rebox2][rebox2]].
         message-dont-reply-to-names
         "\\(\\(.*@aminb\\.org\\)\\|\\(amin@bandali\\.me\\)\\|\\(\\(aminb?\\|mab\\|bandali\\)@gnu\\.org\\)\\|\\(\\(m\\|a\\(min\\.\\)?\\)bandali@uwaterloo\\.ca\\)\\)"
         message-user-fqdn "aminb.org")
+  (require 'company-ebdb)
   :hook (;; (message-setup . mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime)
          (message-mode . flyspell-mode)
          (message-mode . (lambda ()
@@ -2306,7 +2355,6 @@ Convenient footnotes in =message-mode=.
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (use-package ebdb
   :straight (:host github :repo "girzel/ebdb")
-  :defer 2
   :after gnus
   :bind (:map gnus-group-mode-map ("e" . ebdb))
   :config
@@ -2323,14 +2371,11 @@ Convenient footnotes in =message-mode=.
 ;;   (ebdb-complete-enable))
 
 (use-package company-ebdb
-  :defer 2
   :config
   (defun company-ebdb--post-complete (_) nil))
 
 (use-feature ebdb-gnus
-  :defer 3
   :after ebdb
-  :demand
   :custom
   (ebdb-gnus-window-configuration
    '(article
@@ -2341,9 +2386,7 @@ Convenient footnotes in =message-mode=.
                            (ebdb-gnus 0.3))))))
 
 (use-feature ebdb-mua
-  :defer 3
   :after ebdb
-  :demand
   ;; :custom (ebdb-mua-pop-up nil)
   )