Re: Updating info files

[Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>]

Mike Fitzgerald <mikef656@gmail.com> wrote:

> Windows 7, EMACS 23.4
> 
> I tried this in my .emacs to update info files
>  
> ;; Info directory
> (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list
>              (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/org-7.8.11/doc)"))
> 
> As recommended here.
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html
> 

The paren after "doc" is spurious: try deleting it. I'll check the FAQ
and correct it if necessary.

Nick

> C-h i still brings up the old info files.
> 
> files are there:
> 
> org.pdf
> rg.texi
> rgcard.pdf
> rgcard.tex
> rgcard_letter.pdf
> rgguide.pdf
> rgguide.texi
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:
> 
>     Mike Fitzgerald <mikef656@gmail.com> wrote:
>    
>     > Great!
>     > Followed your latest recommendations and all seems well.
>     >
>    
>     Glad to hear it.
>    
>     > A couple of things:
>     >
>     > 1) The defun
>     >
>     > (defun my/compile-org(&optional directory)
>     >   "Compile all *.el files that come with org-mode."
>     >
>     > is at http://orgmode.org/worg/org-hacks.html.
>     >
>    
>     Yeah, Achim pointed it out, so I added a warning to stay away from it for now.
>    
>     > 2) The org mode update info on the net is confusing to me.
>     >
>    
>     You might want to post a note to the list (as detailed as possible
>     please!) about this. There is always room for improvement in this area.
>    
>     > 3) The command (require 'org-capture) does not appear anywhere on http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#Capture
>     > Which is the most offcical looking page has capture stuff.
>     > Seems that it should be near the top.
>     > Tried re-running without (require 'org-capture)  and it still works.
>     > Another package must be loading it.
>     >
>    
>     It's probably not necessary, just paranoia on my part.
>    
>     > 4) Is there a pain free way to get org mode info files updated?
>     >
>    
>     My preference is to initialize the environment variable INFOPATH to point
>     to the various directories that contain info files that I'm interested in
>     (in addition to the standard ones). That might or might not work well for
>     you on windows though.
>    
>     > 5) How 2 byte compile?
>     > (perhaps it does not need byte compile, seems fast enough)
>     >
>    
>     I almost always run without byte-compilation (mostly because I don't
>     really use org-mode to its fullest potential, but I often end up
>     debugging things: org-mode is more a hobby for me, not so much a
>     productivity tool).
>    
>     You will probably want to learn enough about git and the repo eventually
>     and use that to (frequently!) update your installation, because org is a
>     fast moving target and eventually you will lust after the latest and
>     greatest feature which only exists on the bleeding edge version; but
>     that will mean that you probably will want to install a make tool on
>     windows: it's too much of a pain otherwise.
>    
>     > Thanks 4 being responsive and a clean dispo.
>     >
>    
>     Getting over the initial hump is the biggest obstacle new users face,
>     so I try to help them do that.
>    
>     Nick
> 
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