From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Torsten Wagner Subject: Re: Latest version of Org-mode 7.8.3? Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:34:54 +0900 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53839) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Szf3y-0004p6-8M for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Aug 2012 22:35:00 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Szf3w-0001d0-Ck for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Aug 2012 22:34:58 -0400 Received: from mail-vb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.212.41]:48156) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Szf3w-0001ct-6o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Aug 2012 22:34:56 -0400 Received: by vbkv13 with SMTP id v13so1254355vbk.0 for ; Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:34:55 -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: Ciaran Mulloy Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hey Ciaran, as far as I remember you need to call (require 'org-install) to make emacs load your installation instead of the default one. Add it to your emacs config and check out org-version again Also you might be interesting to use the emacs-package manager which is a rather new feature of emacs. Org-mode versions there might be a good compromise between stability and up-to-dateness. Check here for details http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#installing-via-elpa Torsten On 10 August 2012 07:28, Ciaran Mulloy wrote: > Hi, > I'm relatively new to org-mode and a non-techie but grappling by and large with > the steep learning curve and enjoying it! > > I had a simple question that I haven't been able to get an easy answer to. > I've just compiled the latest build of emacs 24.1 from the gnu.org website which > currently has the latest build of org-mode (7.8.11 I believe). > > I've also cloned the bleeding edge git repository onto my PC (as I'm interested > in getting the benefit of recent patches for exporting to Taskjuggler 3) and did > a make into my ~/elisp directory. > > My question: how do I validate that I have the latest build version of org-mode > running as when I do a 'M-x org-version' I just get the answer '7.8.11'. > > I've put a line in my .emacs file to add my ~/elisp directory to my load path > however it's not clear how I get emacs to load the newer files I've compiled to > my ~/elisp directory over the existing emacs 24.1 build. > > I've gone through the FAQ section on the org-mode website and couldn't seem to > find any hints for my issue. > > Ciaran > >