[PATCH 0/2] Re: [Bug?] Evil does not activate when loaded via customize

Sat Nov 1 19:40:42 CET 2014

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On Fri, Oct 31 2014, Frank Fischer wrote:

> I do not know if it is possible to have something like an 'autoload
> variable', i.e. as soon as a variable is customized Evil loads a
> corresponding package. It is possible for functions (like the
> `evil-mode` function), though.

Yup, Emacs' autoload-generating functions can handle this case by
default.  The issue, as far as I can see, is that the current codebase
manually configures the autoload cookie for `evil-mode'.

The following patches work for me.  Could a few folks test them?  The
first patch removes the manual configuration of the ;;;###autoload
cookie on `evil-mode'.  I also moved the definition into evil.el, so
the whole package gets loaded when the function is called.

The second patch is pure aesthetics.  I removed the manual override to
the `evil-mode' docstring, because the auto-generated one covers the
same content plus additional info that's standard to include with
globalized minor modes.

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