Hi. Not sure if anybody else is using package.el to install Evil, but I noticed an issue. First up, the autoload cookie on evil-mode seems to be out of date (points to the wrong file, and near as I can tell it confuses Emacs because evil-mode is defined by a macro not a defun). That's a pretty small fix, but the bigger issue is this. Seems that even once the autoload cookie is corrected the package still won't load correctly with an M-x evil-mode or after-init-hook. NOTE: I'm out of my comfort zone with this explanation, so Emacs wizards please correct me. My best guess is that, since evil-mode is defined so early on in the package files (in evil-core.el), the call to autoloaded evil-mode only loads the prereqs / definitions up to evil-core and leaves the later files and after-init-hooks untouched. Attached is a "fix" that moves the evil-mode definition into the evil.el file (as well as updating the autoload cookie). I put "fix" in quotes because I don't know if this is the preferred solution to this issue. It worked for me in a pinch, but I have no idea what best practices would normally dictate. Patch contributed under GPLv3+, in case it's useful. Regards, Trevor