From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Barton Subject: Re: Plans for synching with Emacs dev sources? Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:32:33 +0100 Message-ID: <4BC56F91.1080304@manor-farm.org> References: <87iq7v9kj9.fsf@telefonica.net> <4BC4E8D1.6010704@jboecker.de> Reply-To: lists@manor-farm.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O1x5j-0004NC-QN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:32:55 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44590 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O1x5i-0004MO-0E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:32:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1x5W-0008JN-GR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:32:53 -0400 Received: from mail.ian-barton.com ([109.74.196.44]:55592 helo=li40-130.members.linode.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1x5T-0008Ih-Pq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:32:41 -0400 Received: from localhost (mail.wilkesley.org [127.0.0.1]) by li40-130.members.linode.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44BFCD823 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:32:39 +0100 (BST) Received: from li40-130.members.linode.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (wilkesley.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id QKcKHG7kmlRT for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:32:35 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.0.60] (unknown [217.146.125.41]) by li40-130.members.linode.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DA12CD81F for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:32:34 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: <4BC4E8D1.6010704@jboecker.de> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 13/04/10 22:57, Jan B=F6cker wrote: > On 13.04.2010 22:15, =D3scar Fuentes wrote: >> Currently I'm using 6.33x, which is the version that comes with Emacs >> dev source code. I'll like to use a more recent version of org-mode, a= nd >> so I ask if there are plans for upgrading Emacs' org-mode sources with >> the current release. If not, I'll use org-mode git sources, although >> this would complicate a bit the deployment across several machines. > > AFAIK that happens whenever a new major version of emacs is released, > which is very infrequently. > > Even if the next version of emacs would be just around the corner, you'= d > just find yourself in the situation of using a very outdated version > again within a few weeks. > > However, deployment across several machines can be easy with git. My > ~/.emacs.d is a git repository which contains all my emacs configuratio= n > and elisp library files. I have added org-mode as a submodule here, so > after running git pull&& git submodule update on another machine, > everything is in sync again. > > I use the org-babel approach to emacs configuration. In my startup.org, > the first toplevel subtree contains code that finds out what machine it > is running on by looking at the hostname and sets the variable > jb/system. I have one toplevel subtree for common configuration and two > for settings specific to one of my two machines. > If you dont need machine specific configuration, you can use Dropbox.=20 Like Jan I use org-babel and put all my configuration in .emacs.d in my=20 Dropbox folder. I create a symink from ~/.emacs.d to ~/Dropbox/.emacs.d=20 and my org setup is maintained all the computers where I have Dropbox=20 installed. YoU can do the same thing with Ubuntu One. Ian.