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From: Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com>
Subject: Re: org-mime-org-buffer-htmlize can't find back-end
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 07:22:56 -0400
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Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> writes:

> Hi Peter,
>
> Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:
>
>> I used to be able to use org-buffer-org-mime-htmlize to send my org
>> documents as multipart/alternative html & text email. For some
>> reason, this is stopped working, and now displays
>>
>> Unknown "nil" back-end: Aborting export
>>
>> In the *Messages* buffer, I see
>>
>> org-export-barf-if-invalid-backend: Unknown "nil" back-end: Aborting export
>>
>> So how is the back-end supposed to be defined? (And why might it have
>> broken?) I haven't not made any related changes in a *long*
>> time.
>
> Could you provide a reproducible example starting with emacs -q?
>
> I can't reproduce it here by
>
> 1. starting from emacs -q with latest org from master
> 2. creating an org buffer with the content:
>    - 1
>    - 2
> 3. calling org-mime-org-buffer-htmlize on this buffer.

Thank you, Rasmus, but ...

If I start emacs with -q, it doesn't know about org. It can't set org-mode, or run org-mime commands. Is there a way to load this
manually?

Also, can "the latest org from master" be gotten through package manager?

Thanks!
-pd