Re: alternative to (require ...)

[Sam Halliday]

Jason Rumney wrote:
> (if (require 'htmlize nil t)
>     (progn
>         ;; htmlize specific settings here
>      ))

thanks to everyone who has responded to this thread, you have all been a
great help!

this answer seems to be the most practical; i am away to update my
~/.emacs and see if i can make an equivalent if statement for the
(autoload...) packages :-)