Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> writes: > On Sep 27, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Dan Davison wrote: > >> Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> On Sep 26, 2010, at 3:33 PM, Dan Davison wrote: >>> >>>> I think that the documentation concerning installation should be >>>> made >>>> more user-friendly. >>>> [...] >>>> I suggest we provide a "quick and easy installation" section to the >>>> manual, that shows people how to start using the latest version of >>>> Org-mode without messing about with compilation and installation >>> >>> If you have a recent release of Emacs, a version of Org-mode >>> sufficient for all basic use is already included and you may >>> skip the installation instructions and continue with section xxx, >>> activation. >>> >>> However, Org-mode evolves fast. Therefore, we do recommend to >>> install >>> the >>> most recent release. >>> >>> Maybe we could actually have an Emacs command that will insert the >>> basic stuff into .emacs >>> and optionally compile the Lisp files.
I disagree: the juice of speed (is Org-mode slow??) does not worth the squeeze of the problems arising from compilation: + different versions of Emacs that compile the files (!) + old .elc files left somewhere + the order of compilation (org.el is the *latest* file to be compiled [in my experience] so I had to compile twice) + the idle time & the disk usage during compilation >>> >>> The installation would be: >>> >>> - download and unpack tar file >>> - emacs -l path-to-org.el >>> - M-x org-install >>> >>> org-install would figure out where org.el is, add to .emacs >>> and query for compilation. I disagree. Better a variable that can be customized (and default compile:nil). If newbie want speed they shall read the Emacs manual and be able to customize a variable. >> Yes I wondered about making something like that yesterday (would it >> make >> sense to have emacs do everything, including the download? > > This rings a bell - I think Sebastian Rose implemented that already. > Let search! > for the download part yes: contrib/org-track.el not for editing .emacs. Giovanni _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode