On 2015-12-02 15:15, Matej Kosik <5764c029b688c1c0d24a2e97cd764f@gmail.com> writes:

> <for_the_record>
>    The only piece missing was that I needed to first do:
>
> 	(push "~/.emacs.d/elpa/company-0.8.12" load-path)     ; directory containing company.el
>
>    before those other commands, otherwise
>
> 	(require 'company)
>
>    would fail.
> </for_the_record>

This looks wrong: packages should autoload. Do you call
(package-initialize) in your init file before the require?

Alan

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