Hi rpjd,
Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca writes:
that seems to work fine. if that's an acceptable way to upgrade
org, that should probably be mentioned in the FAQ -- that you might
just be able to do a standard, distro-specific install of whatever
represents the org-mode package and emacs will pick it up
automatically.
just an observation.
That faq is exported from an org file on worg.
Sure, distro specific packages are a viable way to upgrade your org:
Would you like to add it?
If you don't know git, this is the relevant section:
--8---cut here---start-8---
** My Emacs ships with an older version Org-mode! How do I upgrade?
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: updating-org
:END:
#+index: Upgrade
Org-mode develops quickly, which means that versions of Org-mode
shipped with Emacs are more or less out-of-date. If you'd like to
upgrade to the most recent version of org-mode, you have a number of
options.
1. Download the [[http://orgmode.org/index.html#sec-3][most recent release]]
of org-mode as zip or tarball and
follow the
[[http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation][installation
instructions]] in the manual.
2. Clone and install the development git repository as
[[#keeping-current-with-Org-mode-development][explained
here]]. If you don't want to run the bleeding edge, you can still
use git [[#using-stable-releases-only][to track the most recent stable
releases]].
3. Install and updated org-mode automatically through the Emacs
Package Manager as [[#installing-via-elpa][explained in this FAQ]].
/Note/: Please also see [[#mixed-install][Is my Orgmode installation mixed?]]
for a common
issue with mixed installations.
--8---cut here---end---8---
Just insert your words and certainly someone will push it :).
otoh, http://orgmode.org/org-mode-download.html (where you are sent to
to to download org) already mentions Alternate distributions.
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#mixed-install
in both cases above, when i asked for org-version, i didn't get any
release info in parentheses. all i saw was:
Org-mode version x.y.z
which might confuse a reader expecting to see release information.
again, just another observation.
,[ org-faq.org - Is my Orgmode installation mixed? ]
|An easy first step to
| investigate this is to look at the output of =M-x org-version=.
| - Good :: ~Org-mode version 7.8.11 (release_7.8.11-448-g1737d3 @
| /path/to/org-mode/lisp/)~
| - Bad :: ~Org-mode version 6.33x (release_7.8.11.409.ga3778)~
`
org-version got improved to show the release bit in several steps,
starting with
| commit e7d2e4e18694cb8c4bec5a81815bf7ef9c8078a6
| Author: Achim Gratz strom...@stromeko.de
| Date: Mon May 7 21:21:28 2012 +0200
So, the suggestion in org-faq will only work with org versions later
than May 19.
org-7.8.11, which ships with emacs24, was released ... a couple of days
later. But these changes obviously didn't make it into the bundled
version. Lets be vague then :), what about:
An easy first step to investigate this /with a recent version/ is to look
at the output of =M-x org-version=.
