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+;;;;;
+title: Hello, Cask
+tags: emacs, config, cask
+date: 2014-01-31 23:17
+format: md
+;;;;;
+
+I've been very resistant to looking at [Cask](http://cask.github.io/).
+I felt that, much like for example el-get, it was trying to re-solve a
+problem that has been solved by ELPA since Emacs v24 in a way
+incompatible with ELPA.
+
+I have finally looked at it, and to my pleasant surprise it works
+*with* ELPA instead of beside it, as a wrapper adding some extra
+functionality. Using and supporting Cask doesn't mean you don't
+support ELPA. And theoretically using Cask does open up possibilities
+for development by creating separate development environments (package
+wise), though I haven't tried this out yet.
+
+I've switched over my configuration to using Cask, which will also
+help me keep the configuration on my laptop synchronized more easily.
+
+Aside from a fairly long Cask file, making it work is pretty simple,
+as the website [suggests](http://cask.github.io/usage/).
+
+``` emacs-lisp
+(eval-and-compile
+  (require 'cask "~/projects/ext/cask/cask.el")
+  (cask-initialize))
+```
+
+I add an `eval-and-compile` so the external process compiling my
+`init.el` doesn't complain about not being able to load ELPA-installed
+packages.
+
+Now instead of starting up Emacs, running `M-x list-packages`,
+pressing `U` and then `X` (and `y` at least once) it's a matter of
+
+    cd ~/.emacs.d
+    cask update
+
+Much easier.
+
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