From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
To: Mike Fitzgerald <mikef656@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Updating info files
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:17:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <18605.1338927465@alphaville> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Mike Fitzgerald <mikef656@gmail.com> of "Tue\, 05 Jun 2012 15\:02\:37 CDT." <CACy+NBLxDHk-4zp4=wQfVVDh2wZCJwrk1J8TbEH3hb1SiCQUNw@mail.gmail.com>
Mike Fitzgerald <mikef656@gmail.com> wrote:
> Windows 7, EMACS 23.4
>
> I tried this in my .emacs to update info files
>
> ;; Info directory
> (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list
> (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/org-7.8.11/doc)"))
>
> As recommended here.
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html
>
The paren after "doc" is spurious: try deleting it. I'll check the FAQ
and correct it if necessary.
Nick
> C-h i still brings up the old info files.
>
> files are there:
>
> org.pdf
> rg.texi
> rgcard.pdf
> rgcard.tex
> rgcard_letter.pdf
> rgguide.pdf
> rgguide.texi
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
>
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:
>
> Mike Fitzgerald <mikef656@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Great!
> > Followed your latest recommendations and all seems well.
> >
>
> Glad to hear it.
>
> > A couple of things:
> >
> > 1) The defun
> >
> > (defun my/compile-org(&optional directory)
> > "Compile all *.el files that come with org-mode."
> >
> > is at http://orgmode.org/worg/org-hacks.html.
> >
>
> Yeah, Achim pointed it out, so I added a warning to stay away from it for now.
>
> > 2) The org mode update info on the net is confusing to me.
> >
>
> You might want to post a note to the list (as detailed as possible
> please!) about this. There is always room for improvement in this area.
>
> > 3) The command (require 'org-capture) does not appear anywhere on http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#Capture
> > Which is the most offcical looking page has capture stuff.
> > Seems that it should be near the top.
> > Tried re-running without (require 'org-capture) and it still works.
> > Another package must be loading it.
> >
>
> It's probably not necessary, just paranoia on my part.
>
> > 4) Is there a pain free way to get org mode info files updated?
> >
>
> My preference is to initialize the environment variable INFOPATH to point
> to the various directories that contain info files that I'm interested in
> (in addition to the standard ones). That might or might not work well for
> you on windows though.
>
> > 5) How 2 byte compile?
> > (perhaps it does not need byte compile, seems fast enough)
> >
>
> I almost always run without byte-compilation (mostly because I don't
> really use org-mode to its fullest potential, but I often end up
> debugging things: org-mode is more a hobby for me, not so much a
> productivity tool).
>
> You will probably want to learn enough about git and the repo eventually
> and use that to (frequently!) update your installation, because org is a
> fast moving target and eventually you will lust after the latest and
> greatest feature which only exists on the bleeding edge version; but
> that will mean that you probably will want to install a make tool on
> windows: it's too much of a pain otherwise.
>
> > Thanks 4 being responsive and a clean dispo.
> >
>
> Getting over the initial hump is the biggest obstacle new users face,
> so I try to help them do that.
>
> Nick
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-05 20:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-05 20:02 Updating info files Mike Fitzgerald
2012-06-05 20:17 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
2012-06-06 17:05 ` Memnon Anon
2012-06-07 10:06 ` Jude DaShiell
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