Re: [O] How to safely update from ver. 8.2.10 to 8.3.x

2016-08-22 Thread Cook, Malcolm
> > I would not trust the result from failing to drop the -Q since the -Q is > > what > prevents your init file from loading, which we are explicitly trying to avoid > for the sake of compiling org in a fresh environment. > > > According to [[info:emacs#Initial Options]], --batch implies -q.

Re: [O] How to safely update from ver. 8.2.10 to 8.3.x

2016-08-22 Thread Jorge
On 22 August 2016 at 14:19, Cook, Malcolm wrote: >> In the last command I forgot to drop the -Q. But I guess it works either >> way. > > I would not trust the result from failing to drop the -Q since the -Q is what > prevents your init file from loading, which we are

Re: [O] How to safely update from ver. 8.2.10 to 8.3.x

2016-08-22 Thread Cook, Malcolm
> In the last command I forgot to drop the -Q. But I guess it works either way. I would not trust the result from failing to drop the -Q since the -Q is what prevents your init file from loading, which we are explicitly trying to avoid for the sake of compiling org in a fresh environment.

Re: [O] How to safely update from ver. 8.2.10 to 8.3.x

2016-08-22 Thread Jorge
In the last command I forgot to drop the -Q. But I guess it works either way. On 22 August 2016 at 12:25, Jorge wrote: > On 15 August 2016 at 14:29, Cook, Malcolm wrote: >> emacs -Q -batch -eval "(progn (require 'package) (add-to-list >>

Re: [O] How to safely update from ver. 8.2.10 to 8.3.x

2016-08-22 Thread Jorge
On 15 August 2016 at 14:29, Cook, Malcolm wrote: > emacs -Q -batch -eval "(progn (require 'package) (add-to-list > 'package-archives '(\"org\" . \"http://orgmode.org/elpa/\;)) > (package-initialize) (package-refresh-contents) (package-install > 'org-plus-contrib))"

Re: [O] How to safely update from ver. 8.2.10 to 8.3.x

2016-08-15 Thread Maria Shinoto
don't load any .org files!!! Go directly to the package manager and refresh your org installation like any other package. ~ malcolm_c...@stowers.org From: Maria Shinoto <ma...@shinoto.de> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 6:06 PM To: Cook, Malcolm Subject: Re: [O]

Re: [O] How to safely update from ver. 8.2.10 to 8.3.x

2016-08-15 Thread Cook, Malcolm
> this weekend I got through lots of troubles, because I updated my > orgmode version with "manage emacs packages" menu command and > somehow > got mixed preferences. > > Now, after a clean install, I have org mode 8.2.10 and would like to > update to version 8.3.x (20160808) which is shown