Mininmal init.el on Worg for testing bleeding edge?

Mininmal init.el on Worg for testing bleeding edge?

[Loris Bennett]

Hi,

On the page

  https://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#keeping-current-with-Org-mode-development

after one has compiled and installed, Point 4 says
 
  This is where you configure Org-mode with Emacs. Please refer to Org tutorials.

I had to fiddle around a bit to get a minimal init.el that allowed me to
test a fix made in the Savannah repo.  Specifically rather than 

  (let ((default-directory  "~/.emacs.d/lisp/"))
    (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path))

I needed to do

  (let ((default-directory  "~/.emacs.d/lisp/"))
    (setq load-path
          (append
           (let ((load-path  (copy-sequence load-path))) ;; Shadow
             (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path))
           load-path)))

to get the path for the version of Org I wanted to test at the front of
the load path (examples taken from
https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/LoadPath).

Would it be worth expanding Point 4 to something like

  This is where you configure Org-mode with Emacs. Please refer to Org
  tutorials.  To test a locally installed version the following minimal
  init.el will suffice:

    (let ((default-directory  "~/elisp/"))
      (setq load-path
            (append
             (let ((load-path  (copy-sequence load-path))) ;; Shadow
               (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path))
             load-path)))

  Replace '~/elisp/' with the path in which you installed Org-mode.

?

Cheers,

Loris

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Re: Mininmal init.el on Worg for testing bleeding edge?

[Bastien]

Hi Loris,

"Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> writes:

> Would it be worth expanding Point 4 to something like
>
>   This is where you configure Org-mode with Emacs. Please refer to Org
>   tutorials.  To test a locally installed version the following minimal
>   init.el will suffice:
>
>     (let ((default-directory  "~/elisp/"))
>       (setq load-path
>             (append
>              (let ((load-path  (copy-sequence load-path))) ;; Shadow
>                (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path))
>              load-path)))
>
>   Replace '~/elisp/' with the path in which you installed Org-mode.
>
> ?

Sure - please send a patch against latest Worg.

If you want to get write access to Worg, just create a username on
https://sr.ht and let me know what it is, I'll add you to
https://git.sr.ht/~bzg/worg

Thanks,

-- 
 Bastien

Re: Mininmal init.el on Worg for testing bleeding edge?

[Max Nikulin]

On 29/09/2021 14:52, Loris Bennett wrote:
> 
>    https://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#keeping-current-with-Org-mode-development
> 
> I had to fiddle around a bit to get a minimal init.el that allowed me to
> test a fix made in the Savannah repo.

I am unsure, what the FAQ entry should contain. Just to test a fix, the 
following section from the manual may be handy:

(info "(org) Installation")
https://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html

     git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs/org-mode.git
     cd org-mode/
     make autoloads

     emacs -Q -L ~/src/org-mode/lisp test.org

without any init file. The only pitfall is that -q or -Q is almost 
certainly required since ~/.emacs.d/init.el is processed *before* -L 
option. In simple cases alternative init file may be loaded later 
(normal init is suppressed by -q/-Q)

     emacs -Q -L ~/src/org-mode/lisp -l ~/another-init.el test.org

Actually (add-to-list 'load-path "~/src/org-mode/lisp") close to 
beginning of of ~/.emacs.d/init.el is another way to run latest Org 
version, but do not forget comment it out after testing.