"Symbol's value as variable is void: org-file-apps"

"Symbol's value as variable is void: org-file-apps"

[William Denton]

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After compiling from a fresh pull from Git today, setting org-file-apps is 
causing problems.  I have this so make Org exports to PDF open in evince instead 
of Emacs's built-in docview:

(delete '("\\.pdf\\'" . default) org-file-apps)
(add-to-list 'org-file-apps '("\\.pdf\\'" . "evince %s"))

This was fine last week, but today, on startup, either line causes this error:

Symbol's value as variable is void: org-file-apps

If I C-x C-e those two lines after startup has halted, there are no complaints.

Did something about this variable change?  I had a bit of a look but didn't see 
what could have caused it.

Bill
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Re: "Symbol's value as variable is void: org-file-apps"

[Nick Dokos]

William Denton <wtd@pobox.com> writes:

> After compiling from a fresh pull from Git today, setting
> org-file-apps is causing problems.  I have this so make Org exports to
> PDF open in evince instead of Emacs's built-in docview:
>
> (delete '("\\.pdf\\'" . default) org-file-apps)
> (add-to-list 'org-file-apps '("\\.pdf\\'" . "evince %s"))
>
> This was fine last week, but today, on startup, either line causes this error:
>
> Symbol's value as variable is void: org-file-apps
>
> If I C-x C-e those two lines after startup has halted, there are no complaints.
>
> Did something about this variable change?  I had a bit of a look but
> didn't see what could have caused it.
>

You probably have the initialization of the variable too early in your
initialization file. Make sure that you initialize it *after* org is loaded.
-- 
Nick