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From: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: 16734@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16734: Default value org-odt-data-dir (in Emacs) makes no sense
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 08:53:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r45wf0n9.fsf__10726.8525673591$1395388488$gmane$org@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0d8utf7ox0.fsf__31384.3091288165$1392256859$gmane$org@fencepost.gnu.org>	(Glenn Morris's message of "Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:59:55 -0500")

Hi Glenn,

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

> 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.

Yes.

> 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

For now we will keep `org-odt-data-dir' in org-version.el that comes
with Org separate distributions (git, tar.gz and zip archives.)

> (In general, the setting of directory-related variables in ox-odt seems
> rather over-engineered.)

Indeed, we need to revisit this.

-- 
 Bastien

      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-03-21  7:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-13  1:59 bug#16734: Default value org-odt-data-dir (in Emacs) makes no sense Glenn Morris
2014-02-15  6:46 ` Jambunathan K
2014-03-21  7:53 ` Bastien [this message]

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