I installed org-ref from Elpa, and I got some warnings. Emacs version:
GNU Emacs 25.2.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.20.10) of 2017-05-02
I'm not sure how critical these error messages are.
Fri May 26 14:59:37 2017
Entering directory `/home/tstl/.emacs.d/elpa/key-chord-20160227.438/'
In key-chord-input-method:
key-chord.el:341:16:Warning: sit-for called with 3 arguments, but
accepts only
1-2
i May 26 14:59:45 2017
Entering directory `/home/tstl/.emacs.d/elpa/helm-core-20170526.36/'
In helm-position:
helm-lib.el:388:14:Warning: macro `helm-position' defined too late
In end of data:
helm-lib.el:1006:1:Warning: the following functions are not known to be
defined\
:
helm-interpret-value, helm-get-current-source
Compiling file
/home/tstl/.emacs.d/elpa/helm-bibtex-20170321.1306/bibtex-comple\
tion.el at Fri May 26 14:59:54 2017
Entering directory `/home/tstl/.emacs.d/elpa/helm-bibtex-20170321.1306/'
In end of data:
bibtex-completion.el:1210:1:Warning: the following functions are not
known to b\
e defined:
reftex-what-macro, org-find-property,
reftex-locate-bibliography-files
Entering directory `/home/tstl/.emacs.d/elpa/org-ref-20170523.1821/'
In end of data:
doi-utils.el:1361:1:Warning: the following functions are not known to be
define\
d:
org-ref-find-bibliography, reftex-get-bib-field,
org-ref-bib-citation
Compiling file
/home/tstl/.emacs.d/elpa/org-ref-20170523.1821/org-ref-bibtex.el\
at Fri May 26 14:59:57 2017
In org-ref-bibtex-assoc-pdf-with-entry:
org-ref-bibtex.el:728:25:Warning: reference to free variable
`org-ref-pdf-directory'
In orhc-bibtex-field-formatter:
org-ref-bibtex.el:1092:27:Warning: reference to free variable
`org-ref-pdf-directory'
org-ref-bibtex.el:1098:27:Warning: reference to free variable
`org-ref-notes-directory'
In end of data:
org-ref-bibtex.el:1324:1:Warning: the following functions are not known
to be d\
efined:
reftex-get-bib-field, org-ref-find-bibliography
Compiling file
/home/tstl/.emacs.d/elpa/org-ref-20170523.1821/org-ref-citeproc.\
el at Fri May 26 14:59:57 2017
In end of data:
org-ref-citeproc.el:919:1:Warning: the function
`org-ref-get-bibtex-key-and-file' is not known to be defined.
Compiling file
/home/tstl/.emacs.d/elpa/org-ref-20170523.1821/org-ref-core.el a\
t Fri May 26 14:59:57 2017
In org-ref-update-pre-post-text:
org-ref-core.el:3259:16:Warning: `delete-backward-char' is for
interactive use
only; use `delete-char' instead.
org-ref-core.el:3260:12:Warning: `delete-backward-char' is for
interactive use
only; use `delete-char' instead.
In end of data:
org-ref-core.el:3498:1:Warning: the following functions are not known to
be def\
ined:
org-ref-match-next-cite-link, org-ref-match-next-label-link,
org-ref-match-next-ref-link,
org-ref-make-org-link-cite-key-visible,
org-in-commented-heading-p
Compiling file
/home/tstl/.emacs.d/elpa/org-ref-20170523.1821/org-ref-helm-bibt\
ex.el at Fri May 26 14:59:58 2017
In org-ref-format-citation:
org-ref-helm-bibtex.el:308:22:Warning: assignment to free variable `end'
org-ref-helm-bibtex.el:313:37:Warning: assignment to free variable
`path'
org-ref-helm-bibtex.el:313:37:Warning: reference to free variable `end'
org-ref-helm-bibtex.el:311:16:Warning: looking-back called with 1
argument,
but requires 2-3
org-ref-helm-bibtex.el:313:18:Warning: reference to free variable
`path'
In org-ref-helm-load-completions-async:
org-ref-helm-bibtex.el:367:22:Warning: assignment to free variable
`bibtex-completion-cached-candidates'
org-ref-helm-bibtex.el:371:20:Warning: assignment to free variable
`bibtex-completion-bibliography-hash'
In org-ref-browser:
org-ref-helm-bibtex.el:681:20:Warning: `show-all' is an obsolete
function (as
of 25.1); use `outline-show-all' instead.
org-ref-helm-bibtex.el:712:61:Warning: assignment to free variable
`count-key-pos'
org-ref-helm-bibtex.el:715:68:Warning: reference to free
variable
`count-key-pos'
Compiling file
/home/tstl/.emacs.d/elpa/org-ref-20170523.1821/org-ref-helm.el a\
t Fri May 26 14:59:58 2017
In org-ref:
org-ref-helm.el:289:78:Error: `add-to-list' can't use lexical var
`matches';
use `push' or `cl-pushnew'
org-ref-helm.el:317:54:Error: `add-to-list' can't use lexical var
`matches';
use `push' or `cl-pushnew'
org-ref-helm.el:306:39:Error: `add-to-list' can't use lexical
var `matches';
use `push' or `cl-pushnew'
org-ref-helm.el:380:47:Warning: reference to free variable
`org-latex-prefer-user-labels'
Compiling file
/home/tstl/.emacs.d/elpa/org-ref-20170523.1821/org-ref-pdf.el at\
Fri May 26 14:59:59 2017
In end of data:
org-ref-pdf.el:248:1:Warning: the following functions are not known to
be defin\
ed:
pdf-view-assert-active-region, pdf-view-active-region-text,
pdf-view-deactivate-region
Lars
