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What should I do when "Package-Requires" are too long?

I am writing a package, and the package depends on a lot of packages.

I want every line to be within 80 chars length.

But "Package-Requires" in the header are too long.

How can I split that?

Solution

  • There's no way to split it in the comment, as package.el uses lm-header and not lm-header-multiline.

    You can always make a multi-file package, though, and write your own define-package invocation. This is more of a pain though.