Hi Aaron, Aaron Ecay <aarone...@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi Alan, > > I installed the attached file with M-x package-install-file to avoid > getting org pulled in via (M)ELPA. The large version number means that > new versions of org don’t look like upgrades, preventing them from > overwriting this package. Obviously, you should edit the path to your > git checkout of org. You’ll additionally have to add the org/lisp and > org/contrib/lisp (if desired) directories from the git checkout to > load-path in your init.el (before calling package-initialize). > > (I think the copyright line was put there because package.el would > fuss if it was missing. This code is so short I doubt it is actually > copyrightable.) > > > ;;; org.el --- Dummy org mode package > > ;; Copyright (C) 2013 Aaron Ecay > > ;; Version: 30000101 > > (let ((org-dir "/home/aecay/development/org-mode/lisp/")) > (load (concat org-dir "org.el"))) > > ;;; org.el ends here This is a great suggestion! As I'm already loading org, I follow a similar approach. I installed the following file (with an updated copyright ;-)) #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;;; org.el --- Dummy org mode package ;; Copyright (C) 2014 Alan Schmitt ;; Version: 30000101 () ;;; org.el ends here #+end_src Thanks, Alan