Re: [Orgmode] Command key problem in agenda view

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:37:23 -0800

Daniel Clemente wrote: 
However, there is another small issue here: Isn't there a better way to locally
install an updated version of an emacs package that comes with a centrally
managed OS? In my case, there is an enterprise-wide installation of emacs that I
cannot change - I had to ask a system administrator to make the filename change
for me.
    

  Well, yes; many people do that. You just install your files in a local directory (I use ~/.emacs.d/, for instance ~/.emacs.d/org-6.17c) and ask Emacs to use it; in your .emacs.el:
  (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-6.17c/lisp") (require 'org-install)

  Automatically, Emacs loads the one you specified instead of the global one. I think it is because add-to-list adds elements at the beginning of the list, therefore with more priority. Check: C-h v load-path RET

  I never had the problem of a global file overwriting my settings; Emacs behaves very well with that.


-- Daniel
I checked my load-path and the local site was at the end of the list. What I have in my .emacs is similar to yours, but not quite the same:

(setq load-path (append load-path '("~/.emacs.d/org/lisp")))

This was something I picked up long, long ago, and never worried about. My guess is that "append" really means just that, and that "add-to-list" means prepending.

Anyway, org-mode is working correctly now. Thanks for your help!
Bruce



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