Re: Delete Help Window - restore window config

[Tory S. Anderson]

I think he's talking about using it on a temporary basis with just the 
*scratch* buffer, for instance? This would be nice, and I'd like to know if its 
possible; but, like Helm, I've never found a way to load them any way other 
than globally/until session ends. 

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>>   I presume that I could experiment with icicles without
>>   'require'ing it in .emacs by loading it from *scratch*
>>   would that be the correct emacsen method?
>
> (Dunno what you mean by loading it from *scratch*.)
>
> Assuming all of the Icicles source files are in a directory that
> is in your `load-path', you can just use `M-x load-library icicles'.
> Or you can use `M-: (require 'icicles)'.
>
> Or if you downloaded Icicles as a package (e.g. from MELPA)
> then use the usual package-oriented ways of loading it.
> Something like this:
>
> (require 'package)
> (package-initialize)
> (add-to-list 'package-archives 
>              '("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/";)
>              'APPEND))