From: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Recommended way to work on main without upgrading Org?
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 15:22:29 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86cz8chxd0.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875ye4xgzv.fsf@gmail.com>
Karthik Chikmagalur <karthikchikmagalur@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to work on the main branch of Org, with the intent of creating a patch.
> However, I need to continue using Org 9.5 for everyday work in a separate Emacs session as
> I can't have things breaking. Is there a recommended way to run two simultaneous
> instances of Emacs using two different Org versions?
>
> I use Straight to install Org 9.5. I've cloned the latest main branch from Savannah to
> work on, but I'm not able to test my changes cleanly since there are two org versions in
> the mix -- technically three including the built-in version that's been shadowed.
>
> Karthik
Have a look at the chemacs2 package
https://github.com/plexus/chemacs2.git
With this package, you can define multiple Emacs profiles, making it
easy to start Emacs with different configurations or package
versions. For example, I have a number of different profiles, including
'default', 'experiment' and 'vanilla'.
My default profile is my normal day-to-day emacs configuration.
The 'experiment' profile is where I am trying out different packages or
different configurations. When there has been a major new release of a
package I rely on (such as org), I will usually upgrade in the
'experiment' profile and try it out to verify it has no major issues
before I install it in my default profile.
The 'vanilla' profile is a very basic and as close to 'out of the box'
configuration as I can do. I use it when I've discovered a bug and want
to both verify it isn't due to any of my configuration and provide
a minimal reproducible case which works with Emacs default
configuration.
All I have to do to use the non-default profile is start Emacs with the
command argument --with-profile=<name> where <name> is the profile name
I want to run.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-22 4:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-22 3:19 Recommended way to work on main without upgrading Org? Karthik Chikmagalur
2022-12-22 3:51 ` Ruijie Yu via General discussions about Org-mode.
2022-12-22 4:52 ` Karthik Chikmagalur
2022-12-22 10:15 ` Max Nikulin
2022-12-23 16:20 ` Richard Kim
2022-12-23 16:38 ` Richard Kim
2022-12-23 17:07 ` Richard Kim
2022-12-22 4:22 ` Tim Cross [this message]
2022-12-22 5:02 ` Greg Minshall
2022-12-22 7:52 ` Milan Glacier
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