"Monroe, Will" <wtmonroe.ls@gmail.com> writes:

Hello,

I'm using Emacs 24.4, Org-mode version 8.2.10 and I've run into a
problem with missing OpenDocument schema files. Upon startup, I see
these messages:

,----
| Debug (ox-odt): Searching for OpenDocument styles files...
| Debug (ox-odt): Trying /usr/share/emacs/etc/org/styles/... [2 times]
| Debug (ox-odt): Trying /Users/wmonro1/.emacs.d/etc/styles/...
| Debug (ox-odt): Trying
/Users/wmonro1/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150223/etc/styles/...
| Debug (ox-odt): Using styles under
/Users/wmonro1/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150223/etc/styles/
| Debug (ox-odt): Searching for OpenDocument schema files...
| Debug (ox-odt): Trying /usr/share/emacs/etc/org/schema/... [2 times]
| Debug (ox-odt): No OpenDocument schema files installed
`----

I think I've had these errors for some time but I haven't paid much
attention to them. However, I recently started exporting to
OpenDocument formats (e.g., ODT) and I've encountered frequent
problems with "file corruption" and some ODT files that won't even
open. I want to find out what's happening so I can use the
export/publishing functions for ODT more reliably.

I searched the org-mode listerv and found a recommendation to check
the values of org-odt-styles-dir and org-odt-schema-dir. I got the
following values:

,----
| org-odt-styles-dir:
| "/Users/wmonro1/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150223/etc/styles/"
| 
| org-odt-schema-dir
| nil
`----

There is documentation for `org-odt-schema-dir' the explains the
following:

,----
| Documentation:
| Directory that contains OpenDocument schema files.
| 
| This directory contains:
| 1. rnc files for OpenDocument schema
| 2. a "schemas.xml" file that specifies locating rules needed
| for auto validation of OpenDocument XML files.
| 
| Use the customize interface to set this variable. This ensures
| that `rng-schema-locating-files' is updated and auto-validation
| of OpenDocument XML takes place based on the value
| `rng-nxml-auto-validate-flag'.
| 
| The default value of this variable varies depending on the
| version of org in use and is initialized from
| `org-odt-schema-dir-list'. The OASIS schema files are available
| only in the org's private git repository. It is *not* bundled
| with GNU ELPA tar or standard Emacs distribution.
| 
| You can customize this variable.
| 
| This variable was introduced, or its default value was changed, in
| version 24.1 of Emacs.
`----

So, now I understand why the error messages are occuring but, given
that the value seems to be `nil' by default, I'm not sure if I need to
change anything. Again, I'm experiencing some problems with org-mode
export to ODT and I'd like to clear those up. Would it help to obtain
the "rnc" and "schemas.xml" files and then point `org-odt-schema-dir'
to them? 

Will 

If I recall correctly, I was getting errors also until I added these files in.

I found the files schemas.xml, OrgOdtContentTemplate.xml, and OrgOdtStyles.xml
in the git repository for Org mode, in the etc/schema and
etc/styles directories.

I then copied the etc/schema/schemas.xmls and etc/styles/OrgOdt*.xml files to my
/usr/share/emacs/etc/org/styles directory, and the errors went away.

That must be where org-odt-schema-dir defaults to, as I don't have it set
anywhere.