Re: The Org Package

[David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com>]

tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes:

> David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de> writes:
>>
>>> David Masterson writes:
>>>> Something doesn't seem right and I'm sure I'm missing some key in
>>>> understanding how its supposed to work.  What I see right now seems like
>>>> something doesn't match up -- particularly with the Org package:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Most modern Emacs have Org pre-installed.
>>>> 2. Unfortunately, that Org is not up-to-date (24.3 has 7.9.3f).
>>>> 3. Therefore, installing the latest Org package seems natural.
>>>
>>> The pitfall here is that you _must_ do the first install of the Org
>>> package from an Emacs that didn't load any part of the built-in Org.
>>
>> What does this mean?  Does this mean you expect people to build Emacs
>> from scratch just to ensure they do not have Org built-in?
>
> I believe it means the installation must be done from an Emacs instance
> that hasn't loaded any Org mode functions yet.
>
>   You must make sure there are no =Org-mode= functions loaded while
>   the update is done. For that, exit Emacs and then run Emacs without
>   loading your =.emacs= (=Emacs -Q=). Remove the old =Org-mode=
>   #+BEGIN_SRC sh
>   rm -rf ~/.emacs.d/elpa/org-Tab
>   #+END_SRC
>   where =Tab= means press =Tab= to see and auto complete the old
>   =Org-mode= directory you want to remove. Finally, update =Org-mode=
>   (=M-x package-install RET org RET=) and restart Emacs as usual.
>
> See http://nickhigham.wordpress.com/2013/07/05/emacs-org-mode-version-8/

Hmmm.  I would think that this process might work as well:

1. Start with "emacs -Q"
2. Bring up the Emacs Packages list
3. Mark the "available" org for "U"pgrade
4. Execute the upgrade
5. Restart Emacs

The only question is what about the built-in Org?

-- 
David Masterson
Programmer At Large