Re: One org file, multiple exports, is it possible?

["Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>]

Thanks Bernt,

So, "broken custom settings" appear to be the cause of the unexpected  
behavior.  Two questions:

1) Do programmers have a name for this situation, where custom  
settings seemed to work perfectly for a long time but then failed  
noticeably with the introduction of new, correct code into the .emacs?

2) Is there a useful strategy for finding the minimal .emacs that  
illustrates the failure?  I might have 100 customizations in the  
various starter kit configuration files.  If combinations of  
customizations are a possibility, I'm looking at quite a bit of random  
experimentation without some kind of strategy.

All the best,
Tom


On May 24, 2010, at 5:50 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote:

> "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com> writes:
>
>> Aloha Carsten,
>>
>> I think I need to know what is meant by "minimal .emacs."
>
> I have a minimal.emacs which is a stripped down .emacs that only has
> what I need to invoke org-mode for reproducing a problem.
>
> ,----[ minimal.emacs ]
> | (add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/git/org-mode/lisp"))
> | (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.\\(org\\|org_archive\\|txt\\) 
> $" . org-mode))
> | (setq org-agenda-files '("/tmp/test.org"))
> | (require 'org-install)
> | (require 'org-habit)
> |
> | (global-set-key "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
> | (global-set-key "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
> | (global-set-key "\C-cb" 'org-iswitchb)
> `----
>
> and I load this with emacs -Q -l ~/minimal.emacs.  I'll normally  
> edit it
> to add whatever is needed to reproduce the problem in org-mode.
>
> Using a stripped down minimal .emacs files removes broken custom
> settings as the cause of the issue and makes it easy to reproduce for
> other people.
>
> HTH,
> Bernt