From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Manish Subject: Re: Installing up-to-date org mode over an installed emacs-snapshot on Ubuntu Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:39:26 +0530 Message-ID: References: <48016B2E.2030708@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JktX3-0001zM-EZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:09:33 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JktX1-0001yp-DR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:09:32 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JktX1-0001ym-7Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:09:31 -0400 Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.185]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JktX0-0007Hq-Vg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:09:31 -0400 Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id a20so372186tia.10 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:09:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <48016B2E.2030708@gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Alan E. Davis" Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Alan E. wrote: > I am using a snapshot of Emacs (23.0.60.*) on Ubuntu. I believe this is a > CVS snapshot, but it isn't up to date with org mode. I'm not sure it's > useful for me to be on the bleeding edge, but if it is, what would be the > best way to install the up-to-date package over the top of a package > install? I find the package install is helpful, over compiling CVS, because > it enables all the little nits with the OS. I thought of deleting the files > in the emacs tree? Then installing the additional lines to .emacs.el? > > I wasn't able to find an answer to this. > I do not know whether it would be useful for you to be on the bleeding edge. But, I believe, historically org-mode releases with almost regular frequency and hence I think the latest features soon move from development branch to release branch. Carsten has mentioned that the massive restructuring of org-mode (splitting out components in various files) has slowed down the releases (not development though). As far as getting latest org-mode, here's what I did. Under ~/elisp/, unzip the org-mode release with directory name like org-5.23a or org-5.19 etc. then add the paths "~/elisp/" to my .emacs and setup org-mode specifics in .emacs. And you are ready to go. To get the bleeding edge org-mode, clone the git repo under ~/elisp/org-mode (do not forget to run make) and add the path in .emacs. This allows for an easy switch between different versions should you need to and keeps them all separate but available. HTH, -- Manish