emacs-config/lisp/custom-package-setup.el

;; -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
;;; custom-package-setup --- Provide setup for packages and use-package

;; Configure Melpa
;; Package management
;; set load-path manually
;; don't call package-initialize
(eval-and-compile
  (setq load-prefer-newer t
        package-user-dir "~/.emacs.d/elpa"
        package--init-file-ensured t    ; so it doesn't call package initialize
        package-enable-at-startup nil)  ; do not automatically load packages

  (unless (file-directory-p package-user-dir)
    (make-directory package-user-dir t)))

(setq use-package-verbose t
      use-package-always-defer nil      ;I'm not used to that
      use-package-minimum-reported-time 0.01)

;; Initialize package management
(eval-when-compile                      ; when byte compiled skip this
  (require 'package)

  ;; add aditional package archives
  (setq package-archives
        `(("gnu"   . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
          ("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/")
          ("org"   . "https://orgmode.org/elpa/")))

  ;; initialize packages and ensure that use-package is installed
  (package-initialize)
  (unless (package-installed-p 'use-package)
    (package-refresh-contents)
    (package-install 'use-package))     ; install if it's missing
  (unless (package-installed-p 'diminish)
    (package-refresh-contents)
    (package-install 'diminish))        ; install if it's missing
  (require 'use-package)
  (require 'bind-key)
  (require 'diminish)
  (setq use-package-always-ensure t))

(eval-and-compile
  (require 'use-package)
  (require 'bind-key)
  (require 'diminish)
  (bind-keys :prefix-map my-ctrl-x-b-map
             :prefix "C-x b")
  (bind-keys :prefix-map my-ctrl-x-ctrl-l-map
             :prefix "C-x C-l"))


(provide 'custom-package-setup)