That is done automatically if you run it like:

emacs -q -l /path/to-init.el

the jmax directory is stored at load time
(https://github.com/jkitchin/jmax/blob/master/init.el#L16) and the
variable is used every where else that is needed.

alternatively, you might try (with your path obviously) in your init
file:

(load-file "~/Dropbox/kitchingroup/jmax/init.el")

It should do the same thing.


Jeffrey Spencer writes:

> Well I installed emacs as you did and still didn't work but if I use your
> configuration file it works fine and exports. I like the features for
> org-mode so I might merge some of the things in my setup files and just use
> your configuration. What's the best way to get it as the default on
> macbook? I know I can link the init.el to .emacs but how do I make sure it
> knows where the jmax folder resides on the system.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:14 PM John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> How did you install emacs?
>>
>> You can see how I do it here:
>>
>> https://github.com/jkitchin/jmax/blob/master/install-jmax-mac.sh#L12
>>
>> this has worked for me for a long time.
>>
>> Jeffrey Spencer writes:
>>
>> > I keep getting the following error when exporting from org-mode but
>> > everything else seems to work fine except maybe spell-checking is broken
>> > too. I just pulled the newest version from git as well.
>> >
>> > ```
>> > File mode specification error: (void-function exec-installed-p)
>> > Debug (ox-odt): Searching for OpenDocument styles files...
>> > Debug (ox-odt): Trying /usr/share/emacs/etc/org/styles/... [2 times]
>> > Debug (ox-odt): Trying
>> > /Users/big/Dropbox/SyncedPrograms/emacs/loadPath/etc/styles/...
>> > Debug (ox-odt): Trying
>> >
>> /Users/big/Dropbox/SyncedPrograms/emacs/loadPath/org-mode/lisp/etc/styles/...
>> > Debug (ox-odt): Trying
>> > /usr/local/Cellar/emacs/24.5/share/emacs/24.5/etc/org/...
>> > Debug (ox-odt): Using styles under
>> > /usr/local/Cellar/emacs/24.5/share/emacs/24.5/etc/org/
>> > Debug (ox-odt): Searching for OpenDocument schema files...
>> > Debug (ox-odt): Trying /usr/share/emacs/etc/org/schema/... [2 times]
>> > Debug (ox-odt): No OpenDocument schema files installed
>> > and: Symbol's function definition is void: exec-installed-p
>> > ```
>> >
>> > cheers,
>> > Jeff
>>
>>
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>> Department of Chemical Engineering
>> Carnegie Mellon University
>> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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@johnkitchin
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