From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Glenn Morris Subject: bug#16734: Default value org-odt-data-dir (in Emacs) makes no sense Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:59:55 -0500 Message-ID: <0d8utf7ox0.fsf__31384.3091288165$1392256859$gmane$org@fencepost.gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51302) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WDlav-0005gH-0W for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:00:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WDlat-000114-Qk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:00:04 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: 16734@debbugs.gnu.org Package: emacs,org-mode Version: 24.3.50 This refers to the version of Org mode in Emacs trunk. ./src/emacs -Q -l ox-odt C-h v org-odt-data-dir -> Its value is "/usr/share/emacs/etc/org" This value is hard-coded (and autoloaded; why?) in org-version.el. This value makes no sense. For Emacs, it should be something based on data-directory. This was pointed out before in some moderately lengthy discussion: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-10/msg00002.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-10/msg00070.html (In general, the setting of directory-related variables in ox-odt seems rather over-engineered.)