Re: [O] error on opening org-file with #+startup: indent

[fkunze]

Mike McLean <mike.mclean <at> pobox.com> writes:

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> On Apr 24, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Fritz Kunze writes:     I ran M-x load-library org followed by M-x 
> org-version 
- which
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> returned 7.8.09. 
> 
> You didn't generate and (require 'org-install).
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> If you have admin-rights / sudo access on your machine, the simplest method 
may be to just follow the true install process 
at http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation. Any reasonably 
setup Linux/Unix system will require sudo / root access for the make install 
step. 
> 
> If you are going to run Org-Mode without running “make install” (or don't 
> have 
the proper rights to run “make install”), the build process has recently 
changed. This is likely why you are picking up the old autoloads. Instead of 
= M-x cd ~/.emacs.d/org-7.8.09/ followed by C-u 0 M-x 
byte-recompile-directory)= 
do the following from your shell:
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> $ cd ~/.emacs.d/org-7.8.09/
> $ make oldorg
> 
> Back in Emacs:
> 
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-7.8.09/lisp")
> (require 'org-install)
> Then immediately do a
> 
> M-x org-version
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> If you don't get a string similar to mine below, you still have conflicting 
versions of Org Mode. In particular you are looking for the part after the ' 
<at> ' sign to point to an org-install.el that matches your ~/.emacs.d/org-
7.8.09/lisp directory location. Without it, Emacs and Org will be hopelessly 
confused.
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> =Org-mode version 7.8.09 (release_7.8.09-335-geabf89  <at>  
/Users/mlm/.emacs.d/el-get/org-mode/lisp/org-install.el)=
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> Mike
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> 
Hi Mike,
  Thanks for your comments.  Combining what you wrote with what Achim wrote I 
was able to get my upgraded installation (org-7.8.90) to work as it once did in 
org-6.36 (at least so far).  

  I am unable to generate something similar to what you wrote that appears 
after 
the <at> sign - (you got something that included a path (~/.emacs.d/org-
7.8.09/lisp directory location)), all I get is the string org-7.8.09.  Is the 
path stashed away in some customization variable that I can examine?

  If I don't have access to Make and I hand compiled the code, should I 
continue 
to expect to encounter other types of problems?

  At the risk of being redundant (as I separately replied to Achim) - Regarding 
the installation instructions: At first I started here 
(http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation) but since I am 
running on windows 7, I have no access to "Make".  I want to avoid installing 
cywin as it typically fails to track windows 7 x64.  As far as I can tell, make 
is unnecessary as well since you can hand compile all the files (as I described 
in my bug report). It's my mistake that I failed to notice the requirement to 
add (require 'org-install).

  Here's a suggestion that might help others who encounter similar problems:  
Augment the installation description 
(http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation) with a short 
description for windows users (that avoids the use of make).