Dear Jambunathan, Thanks a lot for your help and providing such detailed debugging suggestions. To summarise, after I loaded the *.el files with load-library as you suggested I got the Opendocument export working. However, I still do not understand why this is not working normally.
What now. As a hack I could put something in ~/.emacs that loads these libraries manually, but there is likely a better solution. I detail all debugging outputs below. Any suggestion where to go from here? Thanks a lot again! > M-x list-load-path-shadows RET Basically, subdirectories from two directories are loaded. One is the standard Emacs (in my case Aquamacs based on GNU Emacs 23.3.50.1 at /Applications/Mozart/Mozart.app/Contents/Resources/) and the other is my local emacs lisp directory at ~/emacs/. The full output is copied to the very end of this email. > Check where all org-odt.el When searching the whole file system only a single file org-odt.el is found in the load-path (in org-mode/lisp). It appears that this file is not part of my vanilla Emacs (Aquamacs, see above). > M-x locate-library RET org-compat RET In the following I am simply copying the message from *Messages* Library is file ~/emacs/org-mode/lisp/org-compat.elc > M-x locate-library RET org-odt RET Library is file ~/emacs/org-mode/lisp/org-odt.elc > M-x locate-library RET org-compat.el RET Library is file ~/emacs/org-mode/lisp/org-compat.el > M-x locate-library RET org-odt.el RET Library is file ~/emacs/org-mode/lisp/org-odt.el > M-x load-library RET org-compat.el RET > M-x load-library RET org-odt.el RET Done. Export works afterwards! The output in *Messages* is listed after this email. > M-x locate-library RET org-install RET Library is file ~/emacs/org-mode/lisp/org-install.el (Note the *.el, it is not compiled) > M-x locate-library RET org-autoloads RET No library org-autoloads in search path > M-x locate-library RET org-loaddefs RET Library is file ~/emacs/org-mode/lisp/org-loaddefs.el (Again, no compiled file) > (Try again the above commands with `.el' appended) It is always the same result as about. > Ideally your .emacs MUST have (require ') for only one of these > libraries. None of these libraries is actually loaded in ~/.emacs -- I recently commented out (require 'org-install) but some recent message from org-mode suggested to remove that. However, adding (require 'org-install) makes not difference. Any idea how to resolve this? Again thanks a lot! Best, Torsten > M-x load-library RET org-compat.el RET > M-x load-library RET org-odt.el RET Debug (org-odt): Searching for OpenDocument styles files... Debug (org-odt): Trying /usr/share/emacs/etc/org/styles/... [2 times] Debug (org-odt): Trying /Users/torsten/emacs/org-mode/etc/styles/... Debug (org-odt): Using styles under /Users/torsten/emacs/org-mode/etc/styles/ Loading /Users/torsten/emacs/org-mode/lisp/org-odt.el (source)...done Export buffer: Export subtree: Exporting to ODT using org-lparse... Using vacuous schema Loading reftex...done LaTeX to MathML converter not available. Using dvipng instead. Exporting... ODT export done, pushed to kill ring and clipboard Wrote /var/folders/Mc/Mc7BB2F3GxOLYJol0POQa++++TM/-Tmp-/odf-1712VN/meta.xml Using vacuous schema Saving file /var/folders/Mc/Mc7BB2F3GxOLYJol0POQa++++TM/-Tmp-/odf-1712VN/styles.xml... Wrote /var/folders/Mc/Mc7BB2F3GxOLYJol0POQa++++TM/-Tmp-/odf-1712VN/styles.xml Wrote /var/folders/Mc/Mc7BB2F3GxOLYJol0POQa++++TM/-Tmp-/odf-1712VN/mimetype Using vacuous schema Saving file /var/folders/Mc/Mc7BB2F3GxOLYJol0POQa++++TM/-Tmp-/odf-1712VN/styles.xml... Wrote /var/folders/Mc/Mc7BB2F3GxOLYJol0POQa++++TM/-Tmp-/odf-1712VN/styles.xml (No changes need to be saved) Saving file /var/folders/Mc/Mc7BB2F3GxOLYJol0POQa++++TM/-Tmp-/odf-1712VN/META-INF/manifest.xml... Wrote /var/folders/Mc/Mc7BB2F3GxOLYJol0POQa++++TM/-Tmp-/odf-1712VN/META-INF/manifest.xml Saving file /var/folders/Mc/Mc7BB2F3GxOLYJol0POQa++++TM/-Tmp-/odf-1712VN/content.xml... Wrote /var/folders/Mc/Mc7BB2F3GxOLYJol0POQa++++TM/-Tmp-/odf-1712VN/content.xml Using vacuous schema (No changes need to be saved) Creating odt file... Running zip -mX0 MusicConstraintsBookProject.odt mimetype Running zip -rmTq MusicConstraintsBookProject.odt . Created /Users/torsten/texte/Bewerbungen/grant-applications/AHRC-application/MusicConstraintsBookProject.odt Parsing archive file...done. Opening file /Users/torsten/texte/Bewerbungen/grant-applications/AHRC-application/MusicConstraintsBookProject.odt Running open /Users/torsten/texte/Bewerbungen/grant-applications/AHRC-application/MusicConstraintsBookProject.odt...done > M-x list-load-path-shadows RET Checking 4 files in ~/emacs/kiwanami-emacs-calfw-v1.1... Checking 5 files in ~/emacs/org-mode/contrib/babel/langs... Checking 55 files in ~/emacs/org-mode/contrib/lisp... Checking 225 files in ~/emacs/org-mode/lisp... Checking 2 files in ~/emacs/planner-20060918/contrib... Checking 44 files in ~/emacs/planner-20060918... Checking 27 files in ~/emacs/muse-14Jan2009/lisp... Checking 14 files in ~/emacs/magit-1.1.1... Checking 10 files in /Applications/Mozart/Mozart.app/Contents/Resources//share/elisp... Checking 16 files in /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/share/emacs/site-lisp... Checking 13 files in ~/emacs... Checking 42 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/auctex... Checking 6 files in /Users/torsten/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs Emacs... Checking 597 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp... Checking 58 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/url... Checking 90 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/textmodes... Checking 168 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/progmodes... Checking 57 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/play... Checking 100 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org... Checking 48 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/nxml... Checking 114 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/net... Checking 48 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/mh-e... Checking 69 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/mail... Checking 58 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/language... Checking 65 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/international... Checking 264 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/gnus... Checking 57 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/eshell... Checking 70 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/erc... Checking 52 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/emulation... Checking 138 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/emacs-lisp... Checking 2 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/contrib... Checking 24 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/cedet... Checking 57 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/calendar... Checking 87 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/calc... Checking 35 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs... Checking 13 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/macosx... Checking 11 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/oneonone... Checking 3 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/tabbar... Checking 43 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/obsolete... Checking 1 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/leim... Ignoring redundant directory /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/ Checking 20 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes... Ignoring redundant directory /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/macosx Ignoring redundant directory /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/oneonone Ignoring redundant directory /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/tabbar Checking 16 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/elib... Checking 42 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/emacs-rails... Checking 13 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/haskell-mode... Checking 9 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/matlab-emacs... Checking 8 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/nxhtml... Checking 4 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/python-mode... Checking 103 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/ess-mode/lisp... Checking 3 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/nxhtml/alts... Checking 23 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/nxhtml/nxhtml... Checking 18 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/nxhtml/related... Checking 62 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/nxhtml/util... Checking 1 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/python-mode/completion... Checking 1 files in /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/nxhtml/etc/schema... > From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Opendocument export causes error > Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.orgmode > Date: 2012-12-01 06:52:14 GMT (10 hours and 27 minutes ago) > (Ignore my earlier mail. Follow instruction in this mail instead.) > > Symptoms tell me that you have a hoaxed installation. > > Try this and see if it helps > > M-x list-load-path-shadows RET > > Check where all org-odt.el is installed. Ideally you should see only > two paths - one from vanilla Emacs and one from directory that you are > trying to use right now. > > Try this next. > > M-x locate-library RET org-compat RET > M-x locate-library RET org-odt RET > > M-x locate-library RET org-compat.el RET > M-x locate-library RET org-odt.el RET > > (Note the presence of `.el' in later two commands) > > They should all come from the same directory tree. > > Try this next. > > M-x load-library RET org-compat.el RET > M-x load-library RET org-odt.el RET > > (Order of loading should be preserved. `.el' SHOULD be there) > > Now export. > > Look inside your messages buffer and examine what all ODT exporter is > trying to do. > > In all likelihood, you will have a successful export. > > For some more debugging, you can do, > > M-x locate-library RET org-install RET > M-x locate-library RET org-autoloads RET > M-x locate-library RET org-loaddefs RET > > (Try again the above commands with `.el' appended) > > Ideally your .emacs MUST have (require ') for only one of these > libraries. > > If you pass the censored logs from above commands then I or someone in > this list can guess what is possibly wrong. But my guess is above steps > should suffice to figure out the remedy. > >> Dear all, >> >> Since a while I cannot export to OpenDocument anymore. Instead, I >> always get the error >> >> call-interactively: Symbol's value as variable is void: err >> >> I just updated to Org-mode version 7.9.2 and the problem persists. In >> the archives I found exactly the same problem mentioned (messages from >> 11.07.2012 with subject Compile error in org-odt.el in latest master), >> but I do not understand the solution found then (Rainer Stengele >> reported that he "missed the unzip.exe and now it works"). >> >> Any help? Thanks! >> >> Best wishes, >> Torsten >> >> -- >> Dr Torsten Anders >> Course Leader, Music Technology >> University of Bedfordshire >> Park Square, Room A315 >> > http://www.torsten-anders.de > >> >> >> >> >>
