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author | Bozhidar Batsov <bozhidar@batsov.com> | 2018-07-05 08:36:10 +0200 |
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committer | Bozhidar Batsov <bozhidar@batsov.com> | 2018-07-05 08:36:10 +0200 |
commit | 563ec60eb2576a76474bcc975710a07c2bd95407 (patch) | |
tree | 7cbafed8563012d7823ec3eeb9305fb848c0bcea | |
parent | 2a407e694240f2fcbdc61fcf31b88679acde70d2 (diff) |
Extend the section on autoloads in the manual
-rw-r--r-- | doc/hacking_on_cider.md | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/hacking_on_cider.md b/doc/hacking_on_cider.md index 250435c7..1ac4f017 100644 --- a/doc/hacking_on_cider.md +++ b/doc/hacking_on_cider.md @@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ Alternatively you can simply load CIDER in your Emacs straight from its source repo (you'll have to manually install all the packages CIDER depends on in advance). -Additionally you will have to generate and require the autoloads: this can be -done interactively within Emacs with `update-directory-autoloads`. The function -will prompt for saving a file, let's call it `cider-autoloads.el` that you will -then need to require. +Additionally you will have to generate and require the +[autoloads](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Autoload.html), +otherwise you'll keep getting errors about missing commands. +That's done automatically when installing via `package.el`, but you'll +have to do manually with `M-x update-directory-autoloads`. The +function will prompt for saving a file, let's call it +`cider-autoloads.el` that you will then need to require. ```el ;; load CIDER from its source code |