It's my first time using Emacs. I like the massive range of commands and I'd like to get used to it. And while learning Haskell, maybe I'll learn two things at once.
But even starting out I have a problem.
Using Emacs 24.5 and following a couple of simple guides, firstly I couldn't find my init file, and I created one in the root folder, .emacs, and just incase one in bin .emacs, both with the same simple Lisp
(require 'package)
(add-hook 'haskell-mode-hook 'haskell-indentation-mode)
(custom-set-variables
;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
'(package-archives
(quote
(("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
("melpa-stable" . "http://stable.melpa.org/packages/")))))
However,
M-x package-refresh-contents
doesn't seem to refresh list of available packages, because
M-x package-install <RETURN> haskell-mode
doesn't find it in the refreshed list.
Using
M-: find-file user-init-file
doesn't open my init file like it supposedly should, either. I get the error:
Trailing garbage following expression
What am I doing so wrong? All I want to do is get some packages through the command line, without the use of another package manager like cabal or happy. I'd just like haskell-mode, and probably erlang-mode and elixir-mode in the future.
