emacs modular config example

.emacs

(defun init/packages ()
  (setq package-archives
        '(("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
          ("marmalade" . "http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/")
          ("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/")))

  (require 'package)
  (package-initialize)
  (package-refresh-contents) ;; comment later to 

  (setq my-packages 
        '(
          ;; list packages here
          ))

  (dolist (pkg my-packages)
    (unless (package-installed-p pkg)
      (package-install pkg))))

(defun init/keybindings ()
  ;; setup keybindings here
  )

(defun init/setup ()
  (init/packages)
  (init/keybindings)
  ;; your init calls here
  )

(init/setup)