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Starter Kit ELPA

This is part of the Emacs Starter Kit.

Starter Kit ELPA

Emacs List Package Archive (ELPA) or MELPA.

The following packages will be downloaded and installed.

(defvar starter-kit-packages (list 
                              'ack-and-a-half
                              'auto-complete
                              'autopair
                              'browse-kill-ring
                              ;; 'cdlatex
                              'css-mode
                              'exec-path-from-shell
                              'expand-region
                              ;; 'gist
                              'hl-line+
                              ;; 'idle-highlight
                              'inf-ruby
                              'latex-pretty-symbols
                              ;; 'mac-key-mode
                              'magit
                              'markdown-mode
                              'maxframe
                              'multiple-cursors
                              'pandoc-mode
                              'paredit
                              'python-mode
                              'ipython
                              'jedi
                              'redo+
                              'ruby-mode
                              's
                              'smex
                              'solarized-theme
                              'tango-2-theme
                              'textmate
                              'typopunct
                              'yaml-mode
                              'yasnippet
                              'zenburn-theme
                              'auctex
                              'ess
                              'r-autoyas                                                              
                              )
  "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 (or (member package package-activated-list)
                (functionp package))
      (message "Installing %s" (symbol-name package))
      (package-install package))))

(defun esk-online? ()
  "See if we're online.

Windows does not have the network-interface-list function, so we
just have to assume it's online."
  ;; TODO how could this work on Windows?
  (if (and (functionp 'network-interface-list)
           (network-interface-list))
      (some (lambda (iface) (unless (equal "lo" (car iface))
                         (member 'up (first (last (network-interface-info
                                                   (car iface)))))))
            (network-interface-list))
    t))

On your first run, this should pull in all the base packages.

(when (esk-online?)
  (unless package-archive-contents (package-refresh-contents))
  (starter-kit-elpa-install))

Make sure the PATH variable is set properly. (Uses exec-path-from-shell package.)

(when (memq window-system '(mac ns))
(exec-path-from-shell-initialize))

Workaround for an ELPA bug that people are reporting but I’ve been unable to reproduce:

(autoload 'paredit-mode "paredit")