start to install packages without use-package

Define a list of packages in `init.el', and then use plain `require' in
the various custom modules.

The first two packages installed that way are:
- notmuch
- exec-path-from-shell

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/emacs/custom/my-settings.el b/emacs/custom/my-settings.el
index 04d0182..4f6621b 100644
--- a/emacs/custom/my-settings.el
+++ b/emacs/custom/my-settings.el
@@ -64,12 +64,9 @@
   :init
   (savehist-mode))
 
-(use-package exec-path-from-shell
-  :ensure t
-  :if (memq window-system '(mac ns))
-  :hook (emacs-startup . (lambda ()
-                           (setq exec-path-from-shell-arguments '("-l")) ; removed the -i for faster startup
-                           (exec-path-from-shell-initialize))))
+(when (memq window-system '(mas ns))
+  (require 'exec-path-from-shell)
+  (add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook (lambda () (exec-path-from-shell-initialize))))
 
 (provide 'my-settings)
 ;;; my-settings.el ends here