Re: [bug] Symbol's function definition is void: org-pop-to-buffer-same-window

[shelagh Manton <shelagh.manton@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:34:21 +0100, Sebastien Vauban wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Nick Dokos wrote:
>> Shelagh Manton <shelagh.manton@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:19:36 -0500, Nick Dokos wrote:
>>>> Shelagh Manton
>>>> <shelagh.manton@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:40:11 -0300, Kenny Meyer wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Sebastien Vauban I am getting the
>>>>>> same message here upon calling various org-functions (e.g.:
>>>>>> org-drill, org-submit-bug-report), since I have compiled org-mode
>>>>>> from git, but I am not sure where exactly the error was introduced.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Explicitly Loading `org-compat' does cure this problem...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Requiring org-compat does not fix that here. Can you tell me where
>>>>>> exactly you loaded org-compat?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Org-mode version 7.7 (release_7.7.617.gb1f2) GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1
>>>>>> (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.2.0) of 2011-09-29
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In conditions which I consider unchanged (I speak of my emacs
>>>>>>> config file), with the latest Org-mode version, I now have the
>>>>>>> message:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    let*: Symbol's function definition is void:
>>>>>>>    org-pop-to-buffer-same-window
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> when doing, for example, `C-c C-x C-j' to jump on the currently
>>>>>>> clocked item.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Explicitly Loading `org-compat' does cure this problem... But we
>>>>>>> must miss a `require' somewhere, but where?  In `org.el' itself?
>>>>>
>>>>> I've just been bitten by this as well. requiring org-compat manually
>>>>> did nothing. My config files have not changed, just pulled latest
>>>>> org-mode, did a make clean and make. Suddenly my org-drill sessions
>>>>> don't work.
>>>>
>>>> Did you restart emacs?
>>>
>>> Yes. I did just then and same thing.
>>
>> Do you get the error with org-drill only or do you get it in the
>> instances that Seb and Kenny Meyer report? If the former, it may be a
>> bug with org-drill. Otherwise, I throw up my hands: I certainly cannot
>> reproduce it.
> 
> FYI:
> 
> - I don't use .elc files.
> 
> - I've recently upgraded to Emacs 24.0.91.1 on Windows -- not sure if
> the
>   problem appeared directly after, or a little bit before.
> 
> - I began suspecting work that I could have done in a branch, and mixed
>   versions that way -- as I'm not yet familiar with git and switching
>   between branches.
> 
> - I've deleted all my Org directory, and cloned a fresh one
> 
> But it still occurs.
> 
> Though:
> 
> - Requiring org-compat does cure the problem.
> 
> - I see calls to org-compat in every crucial Org file -- I don't
> understand
>   where it could be missing.
> 
> - I still must try to dissecate my .emacs, or use a minimal Emacs config
> file
>   to see if it's reproducible that way.
> 
> But I currently really have no time for spending more time on it. I hope
> to be able to do so in one week or two.
> 
> Best regards,
>   Seb

In the end I just found the function and pasted it into my dotemacs file. 
I really need to get rid of my org-mode cruft. I have so many snippets 
and configs in separate files that probably should just be done in 
customize. I just don't have time to work out where all the problems are 
coming from unless they are showstoppers like this one.

Cheers
Shelagh