Re: Problem with org-batch-agenda

From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl>
To: m.elston@advantest-ard.com
Cc: Org Mode List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Problem with org-batch-agenda
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:39:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9C76CE7F-6DD3-4B97-AD57-4D28CB8E339C@uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <497E0352.1000802@advantest-ard.com>

I guess this would be a good FAQ entry.  Would you like to write one?

- Carsten

On Jan 26, 2009, at 7:39 PM, Mark Elston wrote:

> Carsten,
>
> Thanks.  The quoting was the problem.  I changed the line from what
> I had below to:
>
>  c:\emacs-22.3\bin\emacs.exe -batch -l ~/_emacs_org -eval \
>    "(org-batch-agenda \"S\")"
>
> and it now works like I expect.
>
> Perhaps there should be somewhere to deal with some of these platform
> specific issues so we don't run into them multiple times...
>
> Mark
>
> * Carsten Dominik wrote (on 1/24/2009 7:58 AM):
>> On Jan 23, 2009, at 1:28 AM, Mark Elston wrote:
>>> I am trying to export information from my org files and am
>>> getting an error every time I run the batch file (Windows XP)
>>>
>>> I am starting with a stripped down .emacs file which just sets up
>>> my load path then does the following:
>>>
>>> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
>>> ;;        ORG MODE
>>> (require 'org-install)
>>>
>>> (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org$" . org-mode))
>>>
>>> (setq org-log-done 'time)
>>> (setq org-agenda-include-diary t)
>>> (setq org-directory "~/org/")
>>> (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
>>>     '(("S" "Schedule for the week plus TODO's"
>>>        ((agenda "")
>>>         (todo "TODO")))))
>>>
>>> My batch file looks like this:
>>>
>>> c:\emacs-22.3\bin\emacs.exe -batch -l ~/_emacs_org -eval '(org- 
>>> batch-agenda "S")'
>> This works for me, but it is possible that quoting in a windows
>> batch file works differently?
>> The error message looks to me as if there is a parsing error for  
>> the -eval form.
>> - Carsten
>>>
>>>
>>> When I run this from the command line I get:
>>>
>>> Loading c:/Home/emacs-22/precompile.el (source)...
>>> Loading c:/Home/emacs-22/all_org.el (source)...
>>> Loading c:/Home/emacs-22/melston-note-paths.el (source)...
>>> Done loading ~/emacs/all_org
>>> Loading c:/Home/emacs-22/custom.el (source)...
>>> Loading gnus...
>>> Done loading init file
>>> End of file during parsing
>>>
>>> I saw this mentioned in the list at gmane but never saw
>>> any resolution for it.  Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
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