Good. That worked. I just put

(require 'org-num)
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook #'org-num-mode)

inside my use-package org 's (massive) :config


On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 1:28 AM Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Monday,  9 Mar 2020 at 23:31, Lawrence Bottorff wrote:
> > I've tried a few variations of trying to turn on org-num-mode (which now
> > comes standard in org, correct?) in my init, but I keep getting an error
> > buffer upon a fresh startup
>
> Maybe show us what you have right now instead of what others have done?
>
> In any case, this one:
>
> > (use-package org-num
> >   :load-path "lisp/"
> >   :after org
> >   :hook (org-mode . org-num-mode))
>
> should work, as far as I can tell although I don't use use-package at
> all.  Have you tried with a reduced .emacs?
>
> You could try the following:
>
> (require 'org)
> (require 'org-num)
> (add-hook 'org-mode-hook #'org-num-mode)
>
> --
> : Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50, Org release_9.3.6-354-g9d5880
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