From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: list-load-path-shadows Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:34:13 -0400 Message-ID: <8533.1346780053@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> References: Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57176) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T8x17-00050i-MU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:34:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T8x11-0000Qu-He for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:34:25 -0400 Received: from g4t0015.houston.hp.com ([15.201.24.18]:32208) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T8x11-0000Qc-BM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:34:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message from tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) of "Tue, 04 Sep 2012 06:33:42 -1000." List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Thomas S. Dye" Cc: Org-mode Thomas S. Dye wrote: > Aloha all, > > I'm working to understand why my initialization files don't work if I > compile org from git, but do seem to work (that is, initialization runs > to completion) when I don't compile org from git. Right now I've > installed org from git and have run make uncompiled. > It might be a good idea to run with --debug-init in the compiled case and get a backtrace. I doubt the shadowing you discuss below makes a difference here (but I could be wrong). Nick > Because mixed installations are common, I'm following the FAQ "Is my > Orgmode installation mixed?" > > (org-version) looks good: > Org-mode version 7.9.1 (release_7.9.1-138-geeb5b9 @ > /Users/dk/.emacs.d/src/org-mode/lisp/) > > The FAQ advises that I go through the output of list-load-path-shadows > line by line to get hints, but fails to mention what might qualify as a > hint. So, I'm coming to the list to check if any of the shadow patterns > I'm seeing might be hints. > > I see that 110 Emacs Lisp load-path shadowings were found. > > 108 of the shadowings are cases where a file in > ~/.emacs.d/src/org-mode/lisp (my home for the git version of org mode) > hides a file of the same name in > /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/. I think these 108 > shadowings are the right thing, and that they are not hints that > something is wrong. Is 108 shadowings the correct number for a normal > org mode installation nowadays? > > The other two are different. > > The first one is: > /Users/dk/.emacs.d/custom hides > /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/custom > > Here, the file created by the emacs Customize interface is on the > load-path and shadows something completely different (and important?), > though not part of org mode. Should I do something to have the emacs > Customize interface put the file somewhere off the load-path? > > The second one is: > /Users/dk/.emacs.d/src/org-mode/.dir-locals hides > /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/gnus/.dir-locals > > I keep hoping gnus will heal itself and stop hanging emacs--could this > shadowing be causing problems? > > All the best, > Tom > > -- > Thomas S. Dye > http://www.tsdye.com >