Hi Dmitri, Dmitri Makarov <dmak...@gmail.com> writes:
> If anyone interested, it's easy to explicitly load the required ELPA > packages in batch mode. For example, the following command loads htmlize > for publishing org files in batch mode > > emacs --batch -l ~/.emacs.d/init.el --eval "(progn (add-to-list 'load-path > \"~/.emacs.d/elpa/htmlize-20120616.1716\") (require 'htmlize))" -f > org-publish-all > > It should be easy to include such a command in a makefile or build.xml and > automatically locate the latest installation of necessary packages rather > than explicitly specifying the path. I let Achim be the final judge on this -- my intuitions in this areas are just too fragile. But my gut feeling is that this would be too complicated, and the solution above is simple enough. > Still I wonder why ELPA packages are not loaded by default in --batch > mode even though (package-initialize) is being evaluated. Please ask this on the emacs-devel mailing list, I'm sure this will help many other users. Several users (including me) have been puzzled by the way ELPA packages are loaded/initialized in Emacs. Best, -- Bastien
