Re: [O] Upgrade org-mode over a older distribution version

2012-05-31 Thread Achim Gratz
Michael Baum writes: > Many thanks. I was afraid of something like that. So the idea is that > a set or org-mode files under site-lisp takes precedence over the > built-in files and that's how emacs knows which ones to run? Emacs will always load the file(s) it finds first in load-path, so you can

Re: [O] Upgrade org-mode over a older distribution version

2012-05-31 Thread Michael Baum
Many thanks. I was afraid of something like that. So the idea is that a set or org-mode files under site-lisp takes precedence over the built-in files and that's how emacs knows which ones to run? maab On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Achim Gratz wrote: > Michael Baum writes: > > Let's assume

Re: [O] Upgrade org-mode over a older distribution version

2012-05-31 Thread Achim Gratz
Michael Baum writes: > Let's assume I have root access to the computer. Is it as simple as > downloading the current org-mode source, running make and all that, > and then replacing the existing .elc files in > /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/org with the new ones? Never touch these files, they belong

[O] Upgrade org-mode over a older distribution version

2012-05-31 Thread Michael Baum
I'm sure this is an FAQ, but I haven't been able to find it. The Org-mode manual says under "Installation", "*If you are using a version of Org that is part of the Emacs distribution or an XEmacs package, please skip this section and go directly to Activation