From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Rettke Subject: Re: Emacs sees the directory with the new org-mode version, but loads the old version Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2015 20:40:04 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40841) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZOc4P-0004wo-9l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2015 21:40:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZOc4L-0005VW-Th for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2015 21:40:09 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-x231.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::231]:37877) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZOc4L-0005TE-Lh for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2015 21:40:05 -0400 Received: by wibhh20 with SMTP id hh20so130493307wib.0 for ; Sun, 09 Aug 2015 18:40:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Meir Goldenberg Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" Create a init file with only the contents and use that to start EMACS (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-20150803") (require 'org) And check the `org-version'. It ought to be what you expect. Did you get that from a ZIP? Did you follow the directions to generate the autoloads and stuff? Depending upon where and how you load 'org, another MELPA package could be requiring org-mode transitively, before your load call. It is very easy to have that happen. Grant Rettke -- gcr@wisdomandwonder.com | http://www.wisdomandwonder.com/ =E2=80=9CWisdom begins in wonder.=E2=80=9D --Socrates =E2=80=9CAll creativity is an extended form of a joke.=E2=80=9D --Kay ((=CE=BB (x) (x x)) (=CE=BB (x) (x x))) =E2=80=9CLife has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to st= op taking it seriously.=E2=80=9D --Thompson On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Meir Goldenberg wrote= : > The version of org-mode that came with my version of Emacs (24.5.2) is > 8.2.10. I have installed version 8.3.1 from ELPA and added this to my ini= t > file: > > (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-20150803") > (require 'org) > > When I check the version of org in Emacs, it says: > > Org-mode version 8.2.10 (release_8.2.10 @ > /home/meir/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150803/) > > That is, it reports the old version and the new directory... (the built-i= n > version is located in /usr/local/share/emacs/24.5/lisp/org) > > Here is the relevant portion of my init file (there is nothing before thi= s > portion): > > (require 'cl) > > ;; Org-mode that was shipped with Emacs > (setq load-path (remove-if (lambda (x) (string-match-p "org$" x)) > load-path)) > ;; ELPA > (setq load-path (remove-if (lambda (x) (string-match-p "org-20" x)) > load-path)) > > (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-20150803") > > (require 'package) > (add-to-list 'package-archives > '("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/") t) > (package-initialize) > > (require 'org) > > How do I get Emacs to load the new version of org-mode?