Re: [Orgmode] org beamer conflicts

[suvayu ali]

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Andrea Crotti
<address@hidden> wrote:
> I noticed a strange problem.
> My emacs configuration uses orgmode from git, and loads it in this way:
>
> (defun make-conf-path (path)
>  (expand-file-name (concat base path)))
>
> (add-to-list 'load-path (make-conf-path "org-mode/lisp"))
> (add-to-list 'load-path (make-conf-path "org-mode/contrib/babel/lisp"))
> (add-to-list 'load-path (make-conf-path "org-mode/contrib/babel/lisp/langs"))
>
> ;; this variable must be set BEFORE org-mode is loaded or it will have no 
> effect
> (setq org-replace-disputed-keys t)
>
> (require 'org)
>
> On an ubuntu 10.10 machine (with emacs 23.1) I wanted to use org-beamer,
> and even if locate-library told me that I was using the right orgmode
> (not the one shipped in) the variable org-export-latex-classes didn't
> contain the entry "beamer", and then I could not export my presentation.
>
> I fixed it using instead of require->load-file, but what I don't
> understand is why it was using the other version, when locate-library
> told me something else.
>
> Any idea?
>

The recommended way to use a separate org installation is with
`(require 'org-install)' not `(require 'org)'. See
<http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation>.


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