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Combining use-package and general (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by g06lin@alien.top to c/emacs@communick.news
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(use-package elfeed)

(leader-key "w" elfeed)

Is it possible to combine the two in a simple way? I tried using :general keyword in use-package ensuring that it loads after general, but it still does not work...

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[–] github-alphapapa@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why did you add :after general? I use :general in many of my use-package forms, but never have I added that.

[–] g06lin@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

hmmm... without it I assumed I would get an error about unrecognized keyword. In any case, I tried this configuration again and I am getting the same error.

```Error (use-package): Failed to parse package elfeed: use-package: Unrecognized keyword: :general```

(Regardless of whether I use `:after general`)

[–] g06lin@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I found an old post from you (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ogiiyp/in_2021_what_is_the_state_of_the_art_in_emacs/), and I tried the following, and it worked! Thanks a ton!!!

(use-package elfeed :config (leader-key "w" #'elfeed))

where leader-key is a key definer created using general-create-definer

But I don't know why :general does not work in my config.

[–] g06lin@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Ah.... made a mistake! It does not work.

:config only fires after the package is loaded, but this key binding in :config is the one loading the package. Bad! For now, moved these bindings to :config of general.

It would be nice if I can figure out why :general does not work with use-package.