From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Cc: emacs org-mode mailing list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: won't emacs kick into org mode for any file with a ".org" suffix?
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 01:19:56 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wr04pa57.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1209081519360.14520@oneiric> (Robert P. J. Day's message of "Sat, 8 Sep 2012 15:21:26 -0400 (EDT)")
"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> writes:
> On Sun, 9 Sep 2012, Jambunathan K wrote:
>
>> "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> writes:
>>
>> > currently working my way thru the manual and section 1.3,
>> > "Activation", explains how to add a line to your .emacs file to
>> > guarantee that any ".org" file will open in org mode.
>> >
>> > but as far as i can tell, as long as org-mode is installed, that
>> > will happen, anyway, won't it? i've tested it with an empty .org file
>> > and i get org mode automatically.
>> >
>> > isn't it worth mentioning that? or am i misreading something?
>>
>> It is meant for users who are using Org with a version of Emacs that is
>> released before 2007-11-09. That is really an Emacs that is
>> half-a-decade old.
>
> i figured that - my point was that i think it's worth mentioning that, with any
> decently current version of emacs, all of that is already configured
> and you don't need to do anything. reading that section doesn't make
> that clear.
I think you are complaining about something which isn't really a
problem.
Absence of that information may hinder usage for someone who is on
Emacs-22.1. More importantly, presence of that is not going to hinder a
new user.
Emacs 22.1 released, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/03
Emacs 22.2 released, Chong Yidong, 2008/03/26
,----
| c3c7e73f org.texi (Carsten 2008-01-31) (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org\\'" . org-mode))
`----
,----
| -This manual is for Org-mode (version 5.03).
| +This manual is for Org-mode (version 5.04).
|
| Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation
|
| @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ define _global_ keys for the commands `org-store-link' and `org-agenda'
| - please choose suitable keys yourself.
|
| ;; The following lines are always needed. Choose your own keys.
| - (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org$" . org-mode))
| + (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org\\'" . org-mode))
| (define-key global-map "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
| (define-key global-map "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
`----
> just my $0.02 (Cdn).
I think I am in a mood to pick some argument :-).
> rday
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-08 19:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-08 18:59 won't emacs kick into org mode for any file with a ".org" suffix? Robert P. J. Day
2012-09-08 19:17 ` Jambunathan K
2012-09-08 19:21 ` Robert P. J. Day
2012-09-08 19:49 ` Jambunathan K [this message]
2012-09-08 20:42 ` Memnon Anon
2012-09-18 14:22 ` Bastien
2012-09-08 20:20 ` Memnon Anon
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