Add comments on using MELPA packages

Addresses https://todo.sr.ht/~ashton314/emacs-bedrock/9

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/extras/researcher.el b/extras/researcher.el
index a94e1d4..a905199 100644
--- a/extras/researcher.el
+++ b/extras/researcher.el
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 
 ;;; Usage: Append or require this file from init.el for research helps. If you
 ;;; write papers in LaTeX and need to manage your citations or keep track of
-;;; notes, this package is for you.
+;;; notes, this set of packages is for you.
+;;;
+;;; NOTE: the packages citar and org-roam live on the MELPA repository; you will
+;;; need to update the `package-archives' variable in init.el before before
+;;; loading this; see the comment in init.el under "Package initialization".
 ;;;
 ;;; Highly recommended to enable this file with the UI enhancements in
 ;;; `base.el', as citar works best with the Vertico completing-read interface.
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 7a6efe7..b978489 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 ;;
 ;;    https://melpa.org/#/getting-started
 ;;
+;; You can simply uncomment the following if you'd like to get started with
+;; MELPA packages quickly:
+;;
 ;; (with-eval-after-load 'package
 ;;   (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/") t))