Re: Does variable 'org-goto-interface' exist?

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Alain.Cochard@unistra.fr writes:

>  > Note, however, that org-goto is probably not the only place where we
>  > refer to a customization that is not loaded by default. I am unsure how
>  > many places like this exist
>  
> I am not taking any side regarding the point Max brought up, but your
> comment about new users surprises me.  I am a long time Emacs user,
> but it is the 1st time (Org mode or otherwise) that 'C-h v' with the
> cursor on a variable's name fails.  Reading again section 2.3, I
> really don't see that I could have guessed about loading org-goto.

Well. I guess my perception of "new user" is a bit biased :)
In any case, whatever we write in the manual should be understandable by
proper new users as well.

> So if it is not the "only place", I bet it is relatively rare, and I
> fear that I will have forgotten about it if the same thing happens
> again to me in 3 years.

There was at least one more bug report, similar to yours in the past.
Also, the majority of ob-*.el files and ol-*.el files are not loaded by
default. And I hope that even less files will be loaded by Org in future
to address "loading time" complaints.

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