Should I be able to find org-property-set-functions-alist listed in org.el? Because I don't, maybe I have an issue, it says 7.4 in the comments at the top of the file but I am not finding that phrase anywhere in the file, maybe I do have an pull, update or patch issue I need to look into? Matthew On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Matthew Sauer wrote: > I am aware of the issue of emacs (that comes with cygwin) coming with I > think it was org 6.3 and I have already (prior to this) cloned a branch, > made my own branch so I could modify the makefile to have the org files land > in the correct location to load (it kept loading 6.3 and not 7.4). I double > checked (org-version) and I am definitely on 7.4 (when I was on 6.3 I had to > use remember as Capture wasn't in the release? and now I have switched over > to capture now and love it). I do regular pulls from the git as explained > in the instructions (part of me is loving working in/on a growing updating > project). > > It is loading from the correct spot and I opened the .el version of the > .elc and it says 7.4 and if I load the .el or the .elc org-version shows > 7.4. > > I know about needing to clean up the emacs, I originally started using > org-mode from an episode of FLOSS weekly and didn't come to orgmode.org, > worg or this mailing list as my first stop to learn how to update my .emacs > and make things work. I am going to work on it some more and make sure I > have tidied up everything I need to do and then I am going to try reloading > org-contacts, I think I have something floating around somewhere that is > keeping me from loading it correctly. > > Thanks for the feedback and hopefully I can get this knocked out, I am > trying to migrate more and more of my stuff to working in emacs as it and > org-mode speak to the way my brain functions. Hopefully, I will have an > update soon as it still doesn't work but I want to weed through my .emacs > before re-submitting everything. However, if anyone reads through my .emacs > and sees an error or something I should look at, I would greatly appreciate > it. You guys are amazing, hopefully in a few months I can start > contributing more to this project. > > Matthew > > On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Nick Dokos wrote: > >> U-SWEETSAUERPORT\\Matthew Sauer wrote: >> >> ,---- >> | Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable >> org-property-set-functions-alist) >> | add-to-list(org-property-set-functions-alist ("BIRTHDAY" . >> org-completing-read-date)) >> | eval-buffer(# nil >> "/elisp/org-contacts/org-contacts.el" nil t) ; Reading at buffer position >> 12430 >> | load-with-code-conversion("/elisp/org-contacts/org-contacts.el" >> "/elisp/org-contacts/org-contacts.el" nil t) >> | require(org-contacts) >> `---- >> >> org-property-set-functions-alist is a variable in org.el, so it seems >> you are loading org-contacts.el before loading org.el (and the autoloads >> in your .emacs seem to confirm that). >> >> Problems: >> >> o org-contacts requires a recent version (> 7.4) of org. The version >> that came with your emacs is not going to cut it. >> >> o you are probably loading the version of org that came with your emacs. >> To check, say M-x locate-library org and see where it loads >> org.el (or org.elc) from. >> >> o if you are using the built-in version, download the version from git (if >> you have not already) and follow the instructions in section 1.2, >> "Installation", of the Org manual to install it. >> >> And please clean up your .emacs: the autoload section that goes >> >> ,---- >> | ;; These lines only if org-mode is not part of the X/Emacs distribution. >> | (autoload 'org-mode "org" "Org mode" t) >> | (autoload 'org-diary "org" "Diary entries from Org mode" t) >> | (autoload 'org-agenda "org" "Multi-file agenda from Org mode" t) >> | (autoload 'org-store-link "org" "Store a link to the current location" >> t) >> | (autoload 'orgtbl-mode "org" "Org tables as a minor mode" t) >> | (autoload 'turn-on-orgtbl "org" "Org tables as a minor mode") >> `---- >> >> should be *replaced* by what the doc says. Don't leave it hanging around. >> >> If you still have problems, submit another problem report (btw, the >> information you included in this one was spot-on: both the .emacs and >> the backtrace were needed for diagnosis). >> >> HTH, >> Nick >> >> >