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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index c2eff582f8..92125abccc 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1738,22 +1738,18 @@ information. @subsection Emacs Packages @cindex @code{emacs} -When you install Emacs packages with Guix, the elisp files may be placed -either in @file{$HOME/.guix-profile/share/emacs/site-lisp/} or in -sub-directories of -@file{$HOME/.guix-profile/share/emacs/site-lisp/guix.d/}. The latter -directory exists because potentially there may exist thousands of Emacs -packages and storing all their files in a single directory may not be -reliable (because of name conflicts). So we think using a separate -directory for each package is a good idea. It is very similar to how -the Emacs package system organizes the file structure (@pxref{Package -Files,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). - -By default, Emacs (installed with Guix) ``knows'' where these packages -are placed, so you do not need to perform any configuration. If, for -some reason, you want to avoid auto-loading Emacs packages installed -with Guix, you can do so by running Emacs with @code{--no-site-file} -option (@pxref{Init File,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). +When you install Emacs packages with Guix, the Elisp files are placed +under the @file{share/emacs/site-lisp/} directory of the profile in +which they are installed. The Elisp libraries are made available to +Emacs through the @code{EMACSLOADPATH} environment variable, which is +set when installing Emacs itself. + +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 @code{--no-site-file} option +(@pxref{Init File,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). @subsection The GCC toolchain @@ -6681,9 +6677,8 @@ of Emacs itself (@pxref{Packages,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). It first creates the @code{@code{package}-autoloads.el} file, then it byte compiles all Emacs Lisp files. Differently from the Emacs packaging system, the Info documentation files are moved to the standard -documentation directory and the @file{dir} file is deleted. Each -package is installed in its own directory under -@file{share/emacs/site-lisp/guix.d}. +documentation directory and the @file{dir} file is deleted. The Elisp +package files are installed directly under @file{share/emacs/site-lisp}. @end defvr @defvr {Scheme Variable} font-build-system |