reconciling defvars - using package manager

reconciling defvars - using package manager

[Jambunathan K]

The question concerns `org-inlinetask-export-templates' which is
defvared in `org-inlinetask.el. 

In org-7.7 which is bundled with Emacs pretest the variable has some
value say v1.

In the daily builds, say org-20111009.tar, the above variable has a
different value say v2. 

Now when I upgrade it to the daily build I find that the variable stays
at the 7.7 value. As a user I was expecting that the variable reflects
the org-20111009 setting.

I am wondering whether replacing defvar with defcustom will improve the
situation here

or 

are there any other workarounds.

TIA,
Jambunathan K.

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Re: reconciling defvars - using package manager

[Jambunathan K]

> The question concerns `org-inlinetask-export-templates' which is
> defvared in `org-inlinetask.el. 
>
> In org-7.7 which is bundled with Emacs pretest the variable has some
> value say v1.
>
> In the daily builds, say org-20111009.tar, the above variable has a
> different value say v2. 
>
> Now when I upgrade it to the daily build I find that the variable stays
> at the 7.7 value. As a user I was expecting that the variable reflects
> the org-20111009 setting.

This is a non-issue.

For the sake of record, org-inlinetask is an optional feature. So I had
this in my .emacs

,---- .emacs
| 
| (require 'org-inlinetask) ;; this loads the Emacs-pretest version
| 
| ;; end of init file
| 
| ;; packages (and hence the daily org build)  get inited here .
| ;; This is because `package-enable-at-startup' is t 
| ;; So the org-inlinetask-export-templates' stays at it's 7.7 levels
| ;; This is what is unfortunate
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So, to get the expected behaviour, I need to have an explicit control
over when the packages get loaded. (I believe) this should work, going
by the manual.

,----
| (custom-set-variables
| '(package-enable-at-startup nil))
| 
| ;; blah blah
| 
| (package-initialize)  ;; load the org daily build
| 
| (require 'org-inlinetask) ;; live happily ever after
`----

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