Re: [Orgmode] Re: One org file, multiple exports, is it possible?

[Thomas S. Dye]

Aloha all,

The problems I described in this thread were apparently not due to  
"broken custom settings."  After pulling the latest org-mode just now  
the problems are gone, even though the custom settings haven't changed.

It's pleasing to regain some confidence in my non-minimal .emacs.

Thanks to the programmers for your good efforts.

All the best,
Tom

On May 25, 2010, at 6:52 AM, Nick Dokos wrote:

> Thomas S. Dye <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Bernt,
> >
> > So, "broken custom settings" appear to be the cause of the unexpected
> > behavior.  Two questions:
> >
> > 1) Do programmers have a name for this situation, where custom
> > settings seemed to work perfectly for a long time but then failed
> > noticeably with the introduction of new, correct code into  
> > the .emacs?
>
> I don't think so.
>
> > 2) Is there a useful strategy for finding the minimal .emacs that
> > illustrates the failure?  I might have 100 customizations in the
> > various starter kit configuration files.  If combinations of
> > customizations are a possibility, I'm looking at quite a bit of  
> > random
> > experimentation without some kind of strategy.
>
> Bisection is about the only reasonable strategy, short of oracular
> guesswork. I have a single .emacs that's (mostly) a sequence of
> (conditional) loads/requires of individual package config files. I  
> just
> comment out the whole thing, verify correct operation, and then
> uncomment out the first/second half and try again. With 100  
> packages, 7
> cycles will get you down to a single package and then you just do the
> same thing within the package config file. Given a reproducer that you
> can run in batch mode, this goes fairly quickly.
>
> HTH,
> Nick