Torsten Wagner <address@hidden> 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 <address@hidden> 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
>
>