Re: Org-toggle-checkbox broken in 7.5?

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

Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:

> Wikström, Gustav <Gustav.Wikstrom@sogeti.se> wrote:
> 
> > Good comments!
> > 
> > I did some tests beforehand but did not try the minimal .emacs.
> > 
> > The key is still bound to the function according to C-h c and M-x
> > org-toggle-checkbox did not do any difference. There is something
> > blocking the function in my initialization though, because when using
> > a minimal init.el it did work! Since it's probably a local error
> > springing from something altered by me I'll continue with the
> > debugging on my own.
> > 
> 

One other possibility is that the function was broken in some orgmode version
for a short while: you might be unlucky enough to update at just the wrong
time and see the problem, but most of us might be using versions either
before the breakage or after the fix.

So another useful thing to do is pull the latest and try it out. Assuming
it works, you can continue with latest or check out an earlier version
that includes the fix (most people do the former, I think).

Nick

> A useful technique for finding such local errors is to systematically
> eliminate (about) half of your .emacs and try with the remaining half,
> then continue halving, keeping the half that shows the problem.  You can
> usually bisect your way through to the problem fairly efficiently.
> 
> > Thanks for the input.
> > 
> 
> Glad it helped.
> 
> Nick
> 
> > /Gustav