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Try
Try is a packages that allow you to try out Emacs packages without
installing them. If you pass a URL to a plain-text .el-file it evaluates
the content, without storing the file.
Packages from ELPA will temporarily be stored in /tmp/ by default.
Installation
You can install Try using elpa.
It's available on marmalade and melpa:
M-x package-install try
Usage
To try out a package you can run
M-x try RET some-package
Or if you want to try out some package from the web, just paste in the URL
M-x try RET https://url.com/to/some/file.el
Example
If you for instance have melpa in your
package-archives you can try
multiple cursors by
running:
M-x try RET multiple-cursors RET
If you on the other hand want to test out a single .el-file from somewhere
you can simply insert an URL. Trying out
Leuven-theme can be done
by running:
M-x try RET https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fniessen/emacs-leuven-theme/master/leuven-theme.el RET
Unfortunately, you won't be able to try Try with M-x try RET try.