Re: trivial software engineering'ish question: switching org's

2021-03-23 Thread Greg Minshall
Maxim, also, thanks. i do use (something like) your suggestion when i just want to try once or twice. : emacs -Q -L /path/to/your/org-mode/folder/lisp -l org (from Ihor R, last December.) cheers, Greg

Re: trivial software engineering'ish question: switching org's

2021-03-22 Thread Maxim Nikulin
On 22/03/2021 00:44, Greg Minshall wrote: hi. i occasionally want to switch from the org package to a git version, then back again. and, i want to avoid the dread "mixed installation". Do you really need to switch or just to launch it a couple of times? Is it required to run namely compiled

Re: trivial software engineering'ish question: switching org's

2021-03-22 Thread Greg Minshall
Tim and Gustav, thanks for your answers. in particular, straight.el does seem promising. i'll set it up, use it with Tim's "switching use-package blocks", and see how it goes. cheers, Greg

Re: trivial software engineering'ish question: switching org's

2021-03-21 Thread Gustav Wikström
ubject: Re: trivial software engineering'ish question: switching org's Greg Minshall writes: > hi. i occasionally want to switch from the org package to a git > version, then back again. and, i want to avoid the dread "mixed > installation". > > i'm wond

Re: trivial software engineering'ish question: switching org's

2021-03-21 Thread Anthony Cowley
> On Mar 21, 2021, at 1:46 PM, Greg Minshall wrote: > > hi. i occasionally want to switch from the org package to a git > version, then back again. and, i want to avoid the dread "mixed > installation". > > i'm wondering is there a way people do this other than simply > installing/deleting

Re: trivial software engineering'ish question: switching org's

2021-03-21 Thread Tim Cross
Greg Minshall writes: > hi. i occasionally want to switch from the org package to a git > version, then back again. and, i want to avoid the dread "mixed > installation". > > i'm wondering is there a way people do this other than simply > installing/deleting the package version? > As I under

trivial software engineering'ish question: switching org's

2021-03-21 Thread Greg Minshall
hi. i occasionally want to switch from the org package to a git version, then back again. and, i want to avoid the dread "mixed installation". i'm wondering is there a way people do this other than simply installing/deleting the package version? cheers, Greg