try.el

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 (require 'package)
 (require 'url)
 
+(defvar try-tmp-dir (make-temp-file "try" t)
+  "A temporary directory for storing packages.")
+
 (defun try-raw-link-p (url)
   "Returns non-nil if this looks like an URL to a .el file."
   (string-match-p "[^:]*://\\([^?\r\n]+\\).*\.el?$" url))
@@ -65,10 +68,10 @@
     (completing-read "url or package: " pkgs)))
 
 ;;;###autoload
-(defun try-and-refresh (&optional url-or-package)
+(defun try-and-refresh ()
   "Refreshes package-list before calling `try'."
   (interactive)
-  (package-refresh-contents) (try url-or-package))
+  (package-refresh-contents) (try))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun try (&optional url-or-package)
@@ -84,8 +87,7 @@ to a raw .el file. Packages are stored in `try-tmp-dir' and raw
          (package-symbol (intern url-or-package)))
     (cond ((try-raw-link-p url-or-package) (try-raw-link url-or-package))
           ((try-package-exists-p package-symbol)
-           (let* ((tmp-dir (make-temp-file (concat url-or-package "-") t))
-                  (package-user-dir tmp-dir)
+           (let ((package-user-dir try-tmp-dir)
                  (package-alist nil))
              (if (version< emacs-version "25.1")
                  (package-install package-symbol)