From cbc781d02021563b2f68b2179813e936ab379446 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: From: Ihor Radchenko Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2023 12:18:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] org-manual.org: Document compat library installation * doc/org-manual.org (Using Org's git repository): Document that users must also install compat library when using git version of Org. * etc/ORG-NEWS (Org mode now uses =compat.el= third-party package to support older Emacs versions): Announce amendments to the Org installation from git sources. --- doc/org-manual.org | 4 ++++ etc/ORG-NEWS | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org index 50662669e..aa9886e5f 100644 --- a/doc/org-manual.org +++ b/doc/org-manual.org @@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ *** Using Org's git repository (add-to-list 'load-path "~/src/org-mode/lisp") #+end_src +You must also manually install =compat= library required by Org mode. +Using built-in =package.el=, you can run =M-x package-install +compat =. + You can also compile with =make=, generate the documentation with =make doc=, create a local configuration with =make config= and install Org with =make install=. Please run =make help= to get the diff --git a/etc/ORG-NEWS b/etc/ORG-NEWS index ac233a986..0302b8cda 100644 --- a/etc/ORG-NEWS +++ b/etc/ORG-NEWS @@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ Please send Org bug reports to mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org. * Version 9.7 (not released yet) ** Important announcements and breaking changes +*** Org mode now uses =compat.el= third-party package to support older Emacs versions + +This change is mostly technical and should not affect most users. +However, people who install Org from git source might be affected. +It is now necessary to manually install =compat.el= using Emacs' +package manager. + *** =python-mode.el (MELPA)= support in =ob-python.el= is removed =python-mode.el= support has been removed from =ob-python.el=. The -- 2.39.1