Set up some ELPA stuff on launch.

technomancy · Dec 17, 2008 · 76d7bbf · 76d7bbf
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diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 TODO:
 
-Start custom ELPA server
-
 Submit the packages in starter-kit-elpa.el to ELPA.
 
-Check each of starter-kit-packages periodically to make sure they're
-all up to date.
+Greg Newman is working on Python helpers.
 
 maybe include:
-* pcmpl-rake (or put it in another file; it's only 2 functions)
 * should yasnippet be included in rinari?
 
 to write/finish:
-* mublog
 * ri
 * submit ruby fixes to flymake
 

diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 (require 'package)
 (package-initialize)
+(require 'starter-kit-elpa)
 
 ;; Load up starter kit customizations:
 

diff --git a/starter-kit-elpa.el b/starter-kit-elpa.el
@@ -2,22 +2,20 @@
 ;;
 ;; Part of the Emacs Starter Kit
 
-(defvar starter-kit-packages '("idle-highlight"
-                               "ruby-mode"
-                               "inf-ruby"
-                               "js2-mode"
-                               "css-mode"
-                               "ert"
+(setq starter-kit-packages (list 'idle-highlight
+                                   'ruby-mode
+                                   'inf-ruby
+                                   'js2-mode
+                                   'css-mode
                                ;; To submit:
+;;;                                "magit"
 ;;;                                "paredit"
+;;;                                "clojure-mode"
+;;;                                "yaml"
 ;;;                                "haml"
 ;;;                                "sass"
-;;;                                "clojure-mode"
 ;;;                                "cheat"
 ;;;                                "gist"
-;;;                                "magit"
-;;;                                "yaml"
-;;;                                "paredit"
 ;;;                                "html-fontify"
 ;;;                                "color-theme"
 ;;;                                "color-theme-zenburn"
@@ -28,5 +26,18 @@
 ;;;                                "jabber"
 ;;;                                "slime"
 ;;;                                "swank-clojure"
-                               )
-  "Libraries that should be installed by default.")
+                                   )
+  "Libraries that should be installed by default.")
+
+(defun starter-kit-elpa-install ()
+  "Install all starter-kit packages that aren't installed."
+  (interactive)
+  (dolist (package starter-kit-packages)
+    (unless (functionp package)
+      (package-install package))))
+
+;; On your first run, this should pull in all the base packages.
+;; But you might not be online, so ignore errors.
+(ignore-errors
+  (message "Checking base list of packages...")
+  (starter-kit-elpa-install))