use seperate file to load el-get configuration

elisp/temacco-el-get.el

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+;; el-get installation directory
+(setq el-get-dir
+      (expand-file-name "el-install/" temacco-root-dir))
+;; el-get package init file directory
+(setq el-get-user-package-directory
+      (expand-file-name "el-init/" temacco-root-dir))
+
+;; el-get needs to find git
+(when (equal system-type 'darwin)
+  (setenv "PATH" (concat "/usr/local/bin:" (getenv "PATH")))
+  (push "/usr/local/bin" exec-path))
+
+;; make sure el-get is found
+(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name
+                         "el-get" el-get-dir))
+
+;; automatic install
+(unless (require 'el-get nil t)
+  (with-current-buffer
+      (url-retrieve-synchronously
+       "https://raw.github.com/dimitri/el-get/master/el-get-install.el")
+    (end-of-buffer)
+    (eval-print-last-sexp)))
+
+(require 'el-get)
+
+(defvar temacco-el-get-custom-packages nil
+  "List of custom el-get package recipes")
+
+(defvar temacco-el-get-packages nil
+  "List of el-get packages to install")
+
+(defun temacco-el-get ()
+  "Run el-get using the temacco-el-get variables"
+  (setq el-get-sources temacco-el-get-custom-packages)
+  (el-get 'sync (append temacco-el-get-packages
+                        (mapcar 'el-get-source-name el-get-sources)))
+  )
+
+(provide 'temacco-el-get)

init.el

@@ -1,37 +1,17 @@
 ; init.el --- Start the generators
 
 ;; basic settings
-(defvar temacco-root (file-name-directory (or (buffer-file-name) load-file-name))
-  "Root directory of the temacco configuration")
-(setq el-get-dir
-      (expand-file-name "el-install/" temacco-root))
-(setq el-get-user-package-directory
-      (expand-file-name "el-init/" temacco-root))
-
-;; el-get needs to find git
-(when (equal system-type 'darwin)
-  (setenv "PATH" (concat "/usr/local/bin:" (getenv "PATH")))
-  (push "/usr/local/bin" exec-path))
+(defvar temacco-root-dir (file-name-directory (or (buffer-file-name) load-file-name))
+  "Root directory of the temacco configuration (probably ~/.emacs.d/)")
+
+(defvar temacco-elisp-dir (expand-file-name "elisp/" temacco-root-dir)
+  "Directory of the custom temacco elisp files")
+(add-to-list 'load-path temacco-elisp-dir)
 
 ;; load el-get
-(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name
-                         "el-get" el-get-dir))
-
-;; automatic install
-(unless (require 'el-get nil t)
-  (with-current-buffer
-      (url-retrieve-synchronously
-       "https://raw.github.com/dimitri/el-get/master/el-get-install.el")
-    (end-of-buffer)
-    (eval-print-last-sexp)))
-
-(require 'el-get)
-
-;; custom recipes
-(setq el-get-sources
-      '())
-;; default packages
-(setq temacco-el-packages
+(require 'temacco-el-get)
+
+(setq temacco-el-get-packages
       '(;; default recipes ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
         ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 	el-get
@@ -102,10 +82,9 @@
         ;;;; help
 ;       mwe-log-commands         ; log commands in a designated buffer (FIXME does not log ALL commands e.g. navigation)
         ))
-
-;; run el-get (async)
-(el-get 'sync (append temacco-el-packages
-		      (mapcar 'el-get-source-name el-get-sources)))
+
+;; run el-get
+(temacco-el-get)
 
 ;; TODO CLEANUP BELOW
 ;; enable ido mode