"Cook, Malcolm" <m...@stowers.org> writes: > The section on org-mode > [[https://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation][Installation]] entitled "Using > Emacs packaging > system" might be improved with the following advice:
Thanks! > Note: For the upgraded version to be loaded by emacs, you mush place > `package-initialize` early in your init.el. Failure to do so will > result in the old system version to be loaded, as can be seen: This is only true when running emacs -Q or emacs -q. For normal emacs invocation, since Emacs 27, by default, Emacs calls (package-initialize) automatically on startup. > Note further that if the above upgrade command was done in an emacs > shell buffer, you will need to restart emacs to pick up the updated > package. Failing to do so will result in `meta-x org-version` > reporting the old version: > > #+begin_src src > Org mode version 9.6.15 (release_9.6.15 @ > /usr/local/share/emacs/30.0.50/lisp/org/) > #+end_src > > but after restart with my init.el file it reports: > > #+begin_src src > Org mode version 9.6.27 ( @ > /home/mec/.dotfiles/emacs/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.6.27/) > #+end_src Examples are probably a bit too much for the manual. It should be sufficient to ask to restart existing Emacs sessions, if any. May you prepare a patch modifying doc/org-manual.org with your suggestions? See https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
