I asked a similar question earlier. I did though have to point to the lisp dir of org-mode git clone specifically and add the "org-install" line as mentioned.
If you look at my question a few days ago there is no 7.8.3. 'Mash -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Torsten Wagner <torsten.wag...@gmail.com> wrote: Hey Ciaran, as far as I remember you need to call (require 'org-install) to make emacs load your installation instead of the default one. Add it to your emacs config and check out org-version again Also you might be interesting to use the emacs-package manager which is a rather new feature of emacs. Org-mode versions there might be a good compromise between stability and up-to-dateness. Check here for details http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#installing-via-elpa Torsten On 10 August 2012 07:28, Ciaran Mulloy <crmul...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I'm relatively new to org-mode and a non-techie but grappling by and large > with > the steep learning curve and enjoying it! > > I had a simple question that I haven't been able to get an easy answer to. > I've just compiled the latest build of emacs 24.1 from the gnu.org website > which > currently has the latest build of org-mode (7.8.11 I believe). > > I've also cloned the bleeding edge git repository onto my PC (as I'm > interested > in getting the benefit of recent patches for exporting to Taskjuggler 3) and > did > a make into my ~/elisp directory. > > My question: how do I validate that I have the latest build version of > org-mode > running as when I do a 'M-x org-version' I just get the answer '7.8.11'. > > I've put a line in my .emacs file to add my ~/elisp directory to my load path > however it's not clear how I get emacs to load the newer files I've compiled > to > my ~/elisp directory over the existing emacs 24.1 build. > > I've gone through the FAQ section on the org-mode website and couldn't seem to > find any hints for my issue. > > Ciaran > >
