Web-mode does not load in emacs

Question

I'm pretty new to emacs and I'm currently trying to configure it properly for my needs, but I can't make it load web-mode at all.

So, this is what I've done:

1. Downloaded web-mode.el from GitHub
2. Made sure the file is located in the correct directory: ~/.emacs.d/web-mode.el
3. Used the installation instructions from the official page

My .emacs file now looks like this

Issue:

When I'm trying to edit any of the file types specified in the .emacs file, it only runs the default modes. PHP Abbrev for PHP etc... I'm not receiving any error messages and when I'm running --debug-init it does not give any output.

Emacs version: GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.9) of 2012-03-01 on sl6.fnal.gov

OS: Scientific Linux

Does anyone know how I can troubleshoot this further, or have solved similar issues?

Answer 1

You should let el-get install it for you. El-get is a package manager for emacs. It can install packages from github, emacswiki, elpa, an url, … http://wikemacs.org/index.php/El-get

It's very handy, you can update scripts easily, it manages dependencies, it lets you discover many stuff, you can easily share your config accross machines, etc.

Emacs 24 has package.el or ELPA by default. One can install it on emacs 23, but my experience isn't conclusive so I'd advise sticking with el-get, which is great.