> > On 2 different machines,
> > I got a "no match" when I tried C-h f org-export-as-freemind <RET>
> > and when I followed your instructions:
> >
> > M-x load-library <RET> org-freemind <RET>
> > followed by C-c C-e m
> >
> > It worked!
> >
> > so, when I added:
> >
> > (load-library "C:/Users/clsnyder/Documents/org-6.33/lisp/org-freemind") to my .emacs, it works!
> >
> > but I have no clue why it stopped working and why I need to add this when the line above it in .emacs is:
> >
> > (add-to-list 'load-path "C:/Users/clsnyder/Documents/org-6.33/lisp")
> >
>
> The add-to-list just tells emacs where to find the files that it needs to load.
> Because of it, you should be able to load org-freemind using just
>
> (load-library "org-freemind")
>
> The loading itself can be done in various ways: explicitly as shown above, or
> implicitly through the autoload mechanism.
>
> In my case, I load org-install.el (in my .emacs). org-install.el contains the following:
>
> (autoload 'org-export-as-freemind "org-freemind" "\
> Not documented
>
> \(fn ARG &optional HIDDEN EXT-PLIST TO-BUFFER BODY-ONLY PUB-DIR)" t nil)
>
> so that when org-export-as-freemind is called, the autoload loads org-freemind.el (or
> org-freemind.elc if the compiled file exists), that defines the function and the
> call succeeds.
>
> At least, that's how it *should* work. You could do a little detective work in your
> setup to see how things are initialized and why it did not work.
>
> One hint is that after the autoload is done but before you call the function,
> if you say
>
> C-h f org-export-as-freemind <RET>
>
> it will say
>
> ,----
> | org-export-as-freemind is an interactive autoloaded Lisp function in
> | `org-freemind.el'.
> |
> | (org-export-as-freemind ARG &optional HIDDEN EXT-PLIST TO-BUFFER
> | BODY-ONLY PUB-DIR)
> |
> | Not documented
> `----
>
> After you call the function once (which completes the loading),
>
> C-h f org-export-as-freemind <RET>
>
> will say something else:
>
> ,----
> | org-export-as-freemind is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
> | `org-freemind.el'.
> |
> | (org-export-as-freemind ARG &optional HIDDEN EXT-PLIST TO-BUFFER
> | BODY-ONLY PUB-DIR)
> |
> | Not documented.
> `----
>
> Of course, in your case, emacs didn't know the function at all, so the
> autoload never happened: either you are not loading org-install.el or
> org-install.el does not contain the autoload form.
>
> HTH,
> Nick
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