Re: Problem with remember and org-mode 6.01d

[James TD Smith <ahktenzero@mohorovi.cc>]

On 2008-04-23 18:31:01(+0200), Jurgen Defurne wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:52:20 +0200
> Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> wrote:
> 
> > So does this problem hapen under xemacs, or emacs?  xemacs would be  
> > very strange, because there this function should not be called.  Emacs  
> > 21 may not have this function.
> > 
> > On Apr 22, 2008, at 8:33 PM, Jurgen Defurne wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:25:01 +0200
> > > Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Apparently you have an Emacs version that has X-windows, but does not
> > >> know the
> > >> function x-selection-value (which is used by Org to extract the X
> > >> selection).
> > >>
> > >> Which Emacs version is that?
> > >>
> > >> P.S.  The git repo has already a work-around, but the next release is
> > >> only in a few days.
> > >>
> > >> On Apr 21, 2008, at 8:57 PM, Jurgen Defurne wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I am trying to upgrade to the newest org-mode, but I really need the
> > >>> remember functionality.
> > >>>
> > >>> I have two systems, one that acts as 'production' and one that acts
> > >>> as 'test'. On production I am still on the org-mode 5.23 + remember
> > >>> 1.9. I am now trying remember 2.0 (although I have tested after
> > >>> failure with 1.9) with org-mode 6.01d. I have setup the test system
> > >>> that it has the same emacs startup commands as the production  
> > >>> system.
> > >>>
> > >>> When I try to enter a remember template, C-c r works, but upon
> > >>> selection of the template I get
> > >>>
> > >>>       symbol's function definition is void : x-selection-value
> > >>>
> > >>> Does any one have a clue about this problem ?
> > >
> > > I only use (x)emacs versions 21.
> > >
> At home here, I only use emacs. I use xemacs at my job because it has better
> cross-platform compatibility (emacs 21 requires an X-server under Windows,
> while xemacs runs fine using Cygwin, so I have POSIX compatibility, but can
> still run on Windows without X-server). And I am not planning to upgrade org
> and remember at my job until it runs satisfactorily here ate home (where I can
> tolerate some missing features).

Hi Jurgen,

I didn't test the remember clipboard patch on GNU Emacs 21, only on XEmacs 21
and GNU Emacs 22. I'll get a patch out ASAP; in the meantime you can use
Carsten's workaround in Git.

James