branch: externals/org
commit aaa184f766a9ca096965024fac24ee37bcc1062d
Author: Max Nikulin <[email protected]>
Commit: Bastien <[email protected]>
org-manual.org: Another way to run version from git
* doc/org-manual.org (Using Org's git repository): Suggest '-L' command
line option to test git version without modification of init file.
---
doc/org-manual.org | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index b25da78..af35149 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ Make sure you set the load path correctly in your Emacs
init file:
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/src/org-mode/lisp")
#+end_src
+Alternatively, if you intention is to test the latest version and you are
+not going to use it permanently then suppress regular initialization,
+optionally provide minimal init file and specify load path in command line:
+
+: $ emacs -Q -L ~/src/org-mode/lisp -l /path/to/init-git.el
+
You can also compile with =make=, generate the documentation with
=make doc=, create a local configuration with =make config= and
install Org with =make install=. Please run =make help= to get the
