From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Subject: Re: won't emacs kick into org mode for any file with a ".org" suffix? Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 15:21:26 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <87har8wci9.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49848) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TAQb3-0004Tb-Sq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:21:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TAQb2-00046a-QC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:21:37 -0400 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:43139) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TAQb2-00046W-MT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:21:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87har8wci9.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jambunathan K Cc: emacs org-mode mailing list On Sun, 9 Sep 2012, Jambunathan K wrote: > "Robert P. J. Day" writes: > > > currently working my way thru the manual and section 1.3, > > "Activation", explains how to add a line to your .emacs file to > > guarantee that any ".org" file will open in org mode. > > > > but as far as i can tell, as long as org-mode is installed, that > > will happen, anyway, won't it? i've tested it with an empty .org file > > and i get org mode automatically. > > > > isn't it worth mentioning that? or am i misreading something? > > It is meant for users who are using Org with a version of Emacs that is > released before 2007-11-09. That is really an Emacs that is > half-a-decade old. i figured that -- my point was that i think it's worth mentioning that, with any decently current version of emacs, all of that is already configured and you don't need to do anything. reading that section doesn't make that clear. just my $0.02 (Cdn). rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================