This fixes a regression introduced with 79cfe30f3 ("build-system: emacs: Use
subdirectories again.") which caused the 'guix-emacs-autoload-packages' to no
longer be able to autoload all packages.
* gnu/packages/aux-files/emacs/guix-emacs.el
(guix-emacs-autoload-packages): Reload subdirs.el files unless NO-RELOAD is
provided. Update doc.
* doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Document that
'guix-emacs-autoload-packages' can be invoked interactively to auto-reload
newly installed Emacs packages.
* gnu/packages/emacs.scm (emacs) [arguments] <phases>: Call
guix-emacs-autoload-packages with an argument in the site-start.el file.
---
Changes in v3:
- Invert argument logic of guix-emacs-autoload-packages
- Drop the guix-emacs-autoload-packages-called state variable
- Adjust site-start.el file in Emacs package
Changes in v2:
- Safely load subdirs.el files
- Add 'reload' prefix argument as override for guix-emacs-autoload-packages
doc/guix.texi | 11 +++++++----
gnu/packages/aux-files/emacs/guix-emacs.el | 15 ++++++++++++---
gnu/packages/emacs.scm | 2 +-
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 04e5875925..939e669fee 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -2167,12 +2167,15 @@ Application Setup
Emacs through the @env{EMACSLOADPATH} environment variable, which is
set when installing Emacs itself.
+@cindex guix-emacs-autoload-packages, refreshing Emacs packages
Additionally, autoload definitions are automatically evaluated at the
initialization of Emacs, by the Guix-specific
-@code{guix-emacs-autoload-packages} procedure. If, for some reason, you
-want to avoid auto-loading the Emacs packages installed with Guix, you
-can do so by running Emacs with the @option{--no-site-file} option
-(@pxref{Init File,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}).
+@code{guix-emacs-autoload-packages} procedure. This procedure can be
+interactively invoked to have newly installed Emacs packages discovered,
+without having to restart Emacs. If, for some reason, you want to avoid
+auto-loading the Emacs packages installed with Guix, you can do so by
+running Emacs with the @option{--no-site-file} option (@pxref{Init
+File,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}).
@quotation Note
Emacs can now compile packages natively. Under the default
diff --git a/gnu/packages/aux-files/emacs/guix-emacs.el b/gnu/packages/aux-files/emacs/guix-emacs.el
index 84284dde39..c253e64df8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/aux-files/emacs/guix-emacs.el
+++ b/gnu/packages/aux-files/emacs/guix-emacs.el
@@ -65,12 +65,21 @@ The files in the list do not have extensions (.el, .elc)."
(guix-emacs--non-core-load-path))))
;;;###autoload
-(defun guix-emacs-autoload-packages ()
+(defun guix-emacs-autoload-packages (&optional no-reload)
"Autoload Emacs packages found in EMACSLOADPATH.
'Autoload' means to load the 'autoloads' files matching
-`guix-emacs-autoloads-regexp'."
- (interactive)
+`guix-emacs-autoloads-regexp'. By default, the subdirs.el files
+found on the load path are reloaded to discover newly installed
+packages, unless NO-RELOAD is provided."
+ (interactive "P")
+ ;; Reload the subdirs.el files such as the one generated by the Guix profile
+ ;; hook, so that newly installed Emacs packages located under
+ ;; sub-directories are put on the load-path without having to restart Emacs.
+ (unless no-reload
+ (mapc #'guix-emacs--load-file-no-error (guix-emacs--subdirs-files))
+ (setq load-path (delete-dups load-path)))
+
(let ((autoloads (mapcan #'guix-emacs-find-autoloads
(guix-emacs--non-core-load-path))))
(mapc #'guix-emacs--load-file-no-error autoloads)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index d3689c2474..d9af6b96a7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ (define-public emacs
(display
(string-append
"(when (require 'guix-emacs nil t)\n"
- " (guix-emacs-autoload-packages)\n"
+ " (guix-emacs-autoload-packages 'no-reload)\n"
" (advice-add 'package-load-all-descriptors"
" :after #'guix-emacs-load-package-descriptors))"))))
;; Remove the extraneous subdirs.el file, as it causes Emacs to
--
2.41.0