Ah, I apologize for not posting an update. The problem has been solved: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31855904/emacs-sees-the-directory-with-the-new-org-mode-version-but-loads-the-old-versio Thank you very much for the reply!
On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 4:40 AM, Grant Rettke <g...@wisdomandwonder.com> wrote: > Create a init file with only the contents and use that to start EMACS > > (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-20150803") > (require 'org) > > And check the `org-version'. It ought to be what you expect. Did you > get that from a ZIP? Did you follow the directions to generate the > autoloads and stuff? > > Depending upon where and how you load 'org, another MELPA package > could be requiring org-mode transitively, before your load call. It is > very easy to have that happen. > Grant Rettke > -- > g...@wisdomandwonder.com | http://www.wisdomandwonder.com/ > “Wisdom begins in wonder.” --Socrates > “All creativity is an extended form of a joke.” --Kay > ((λ (x) (x x)) (λ (x) (x x))) > “Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop > taking it seriously.” --Thompson > > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Meir Goldenberg <mgolde...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > The version of org-mode that came with my version of Emacs (24.5.2) is > > 8.2.10. I have installed version 8.3.1 from ELPA and added this to my > init > > file: > > > > (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-20150803") > > (require 'org) > > > > When I check the version of org in Emacs, it says: > > > > Org-mode version 8.2.10 (release_8.2.10 @ > > /home/meir/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150803/) > > > > That is, it reports the old version and the new directory... (the > built-in > > version is located in /usr/local/share/emacs/24.5/lisp/org) > > > > Here is the relevant portion of my init file (there is nothing before > this > > portion): > > > > (require 'cl) > > > > ;; Org-mode that was shipped with Emacs > > (setq load-path (remove-if (lambda (x) (string-match-p "org$" x)) > > load-path)) > > ;; ELPA > > (setq load-path (remove-if (lambda (x) (string-match-p "org-20" x)) > > load-path)) > > > > (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-20150803") > > > > (require 'package) > > (add-to-list 'package-archives > > '("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/";) t) > > (package-initialize) > > > > (require 'org) > > > > How do I get Emacs to load the new version of org-mode? >
