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From: "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com>
To: org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re-installing org-mode packages due to annoying message
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 12:19:56 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAF-1L2Q79F0sDVq_jiU3+3zXZWkG8+_4aYgVxOafBJhT0SrA=Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

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I have just spent an hour trying to figure out what's going on with ELPA,
GNU ELPA, NONGNU ELPA packages.  I am lost.

A plethora of methods exist for installing org-mode and other packages; it
is unnecessary to list them, even if I could.

I've been using Emacs and Org-mode for many years.  I am not interested in
spending an hour of my time to learn a new way to install something that
has been working well for me.  I may not use org-mode with the facility of
a programmer who can whip off a quick utility in emacs lisp, but I have
come to depend on the basic tools as a core of my work flow.

I have tried "use package",  but I would prefer something straightforward,
like just list-packages then install.  I don't understand how to set up my
init file (dot emacs) for various package repos.  It was working, that's
all I needed.  Now I get a 5 second delay each time I use org-mode.  I
cannot seem to find the information I need to fix this.  On reddit, on
emacs wiki, on this list, I cannot find the magic search term.  I see
advice like "the maintainer has written a very clear explanation of the
issue" but,this very clear explanation does not help me understand what I
need to do.

I guess I need a formula, but I have cut and pasted two or three different
things into the top of my .init file.  Perhaps I need to start again, but
my .init file has been taking root for nearly 30 years; it's burned into my
muscle memory.

I hope I will never have to write another email like this to get help for
something that should be simple.  Maybe I will now have to install from
git.  I think I am already too far out at sea to abandon the packages
approach.  I guess it serves me right for stepping off the beach.


Alan Davis

-- 
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this we should do freely and generously."   ---Benjamin Franklin

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       of polluting substances."
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next             reply	other threads:[~2021-11-28 20:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-28 20:19 Alan E. Davis [this message]
2021-11-28 21:18 ` Re-installing org-mode packages due to annoying message Tim Cross
2021-11-29 10:28   ` Alan E. Davis
2021-11-29 15:36     ` Thomas S. Dye
2021-12-01  8:15       ` Alan E. Davis

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