org-mode will makes me crazy. After a deep review (well rewrite my entire
configuration based on norang's one) org-mode is working again, but its the
version bundled with emacs that seems to be loaded and not the one I
downloaded from the git repository.


My emacs configuration is structured like so:

~/.emacs.d/init.el
~/.emacs.d/site-lisp/ --> contains alot of lisp codes including the
directory of org.


At the top of the init.el file I put the following:

(let ((default-directory "~/.emacs.d/site-lisp/"))
      (normal-top-level-add-to-load-path '("."))
      (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path))


I, later, load a file containing all my org-mode configuration. That file
is located in ~/.emacs.d/site-lisp/. I load that file in this way:

(load-library "my-org-mode-config")

 At the top of that configuration file is written:

(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name
"~/.emacs.d/site-lisp/org-mode/lisp"))
(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name
"~/.emacs.d/site-lisp/org-mode/contrib/lisp"))
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.\\(org\\|org_archive\\)$" . org-mode))

(require 'org)


So I don't understand why M-x org-version gives me:

Org-mode version 7.9.3f (release_7.9.3f-17-g7524ef @
/usr/share/emacs/24.3/lisp/org/)


Any help welcomed,


Roland.

On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 4:21 PM, John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 5:55 AM, Roland Everaert <reveatwork@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > After further investigation, it is the call to the function
> > (org-agenda-to-appt) inside the function bh/org-agenda-to-appt that is
> > causing the error.
> >
> > The body of the function:
> >
> > ; Erase all reminders and rebuilt reminders for today from the agenda
> > (defun bh/org-agenda-to-appt ()
> >   (interactive)
> >   (setq appt-time-msg-list nil)
> >  (org-agenda-to-appt)
> > )
>
> I know approximately nothing about elisp... but my intuitive
> interpretation is that it's setting the variable appt-time-msg-list to
> the value nil. When I do M-x help RET appt-msg-[TAB], I don't get any
> completions listed. Does that variable still exist?
>
> When googling that variable, I find evidence of people referring to
> it, but I'm not sure it's built into emacs -- are you sure you don't
> need to add something else, such as appt.el?
> - http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs-en/appt.el
>
>
> John
>
> >
> >
> > I will deactivate the call to bh/org-agenda-to-appt, so I can have a
> normal
> > life again and use emacs and org-mode without any problem. I will review
> and
> > clean my configuration when times permit.
> >
> > I am anyway curious to know why that function call generate such error.
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> >
> >
> > Roland.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Roland Everaert <reveatwork@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi John,
> >>
> >> I am using Bernt's configuration (at least a part of it) for years
> without
> >> problems until I switch to org 8.
> >>
> >> I hame commented most of my init.el file and uncomment bits of
> >> configuration lines one at a time. and I have found where is located the
> >> problem. I have know to investigate why it is a problem.
> >>
> >> The offending line is (bh/org-agenda-to-appt), this is one of the
> function
> >> from the configuration of Bernt, so I have now to check my version
> against
> >> the one on his page to see if he doesn't update it.
> >>
> >> And to answer your question, the loaded version of org-mode is "Org-mode
> >> version beta_8.3 (beta_8.3-16-g16c71d6 @
> >> /home/reveatwork/.emacs.d/site-lisp/org-mode/lisp/)"
> >>
> >> I will also perform a "make clean > make" of my installation of org-mode
> >> just in case some their is some garbage left from previous version.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help,
> >>
> >>
> >> Roland.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:55 PM, John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:04 AM, Roland Everaert <reveatwork@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > I have upgraded using git on a Linux fedora 20 64 bit.
> >>> >
> >>> > I perform the following commands from the directory of org-mode:
> >>> >
> >>> > make clean
> >>> > git pull
> >>> > make
> >>>
> >>> I usually do git pull > make clean > make, but don't know if that
> >>> makes a difference, so that's probably fine.
> >>>
> >>> > I have also read the following page:
> >>> > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html
> >>> >
> >>> > And search for all variables in my configuration that start with
> >>> > org-export,
> >>> > but I have none of them.
> >>>
> >>> Well, I'm interested in the original error, "Autoloading failed to
> >>> define function org-element-cache-reset", not anything to do with
> >>> org-export. You should be able to start emacs without any errors, and
> >>> I think that's the primary thing to troubleshoot first.
> >>>
> >>> > My configuration is heavily inspired by this article:
> >>> > http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html
> >>>
> >>> Bernt's page is one of the most advanced orgmode setups documented
> >>> that I've ever seen. I wouldn't get too deep into that before figuring
> >>> out what's going on at the basic level.
> >>>
> >>> >
> >>> > I have quickly browsed it in case some specific changes needs to be
> >>> > done,
> >>> > but the only ones concernes the exporters that I have not configured
> >>> > yet.
> >>> >
> >>> > Which lines from the my ~/.emacs.d/init.el, would you like to see?
> >>>
> >>> How are you telling Emacs where Orgmode lives? My suggestion would be
> >>> the following:
> >>>
> >>> Create a minimal .emacs file with just the following (change path to
> >>> wherever your orgmode git repo is):
> >>>
> >>> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/path/to/org.git/lisp/")
> >>>
> >>> From a command line, run:
> >>>
> >>> $ emacs -Q
> >>>
> >>> Then from Emacs, run:
> >>>
> >>> M-x load-file [press enter] /path/to/minimal-config/from/above [press
> >>> enter]
> >>>
> >>> Then run:
> >>>
> >>> M-x org-version
> >>>
> >>> You should get something like this:
> >>>
> >>> Org-mode version 8.2.6 (release_8.2.6-950-ge599e8 @
> >>> /home/jwhendy/.elisp/org.git/lisp/)
> >>>
> >>> If you don't get any errors, close emacs, copy some lines from your
> >>> "real" config into that minimal config, and repeat the process (emacs
> >>> -Q -> M-x load-file...) until you get the error again. Then you'll
> >>> know what's causing it. Doing it this way helps know that you've at
> >>> least got the "right" Org-mode loaded (not the one built in to your
> >>> Emacs), and from there we can track the issue.
> >>>
> >>> Once that's all set, getting exporters going is a pretty simple
> >>> matter. I have this in my .emacs:
> >>>
> >>> (require 'ox-latex)
> >>> (require 'ox-html)
> >>> (require 'ox-beamer)
> >>> (require 'ox-md)
> >>> (require 'ox-odt)
> >>> (require 'ox-taskjuggler)
> >>>
> >>> (add-to-list 'org-latex-classes
> >>>              '("beamer"
> >>>                "\\documentclass\[presentation\]\{beamer\}"
> >>>                ("\\section\{%s\}" . "\\section*\{%s\}")
> >>>                ("\\subsection\{%s\}" . "\\subsection*\{%s\}")
> >>>                ("\\subsubsection\{%s\}" . "\\subsubsection*\{%s\}")))
> >>>
> >>> That handles it all for me.
> >>>
> >>> Also, please keep cc'ing the Org list. They know much more than I do,
> >>> and as you provide more information can probably help you better than
> >>> I can as well.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Good luck!
> >>> John
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > Roland.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 1:39 PM, John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On Jun 30, 2014 4:48 AM, "Roland Everaert" <reveatwork@gmail.com>
> >>> >> wrote:
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Second part of the message:
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Information from M-x org-version:
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Org-mode version beta_8.3 (beta_8.3-16-g16c71d6 @
> >>> >> > /home/reveatwork/.emacs.d/site-lisp/org-mode/lisp/)
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > I have downloaded the last version using git.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Can you elaborate on your exact procedure for upgrading as well as
> >>> >> posting
> >>> >> relevant lines from .emacs?
> >>> >>
> >>> >> John
> >>> >>
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > How can I switch to a stable branch instead of the last beta, to
> >>> >> > check
> >>> >> > if that solves the problem?
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Thanks for your help.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Roland Everaert
> >>> >> > <reveatwork@gmail.com>
> >>> >> > wrote:
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >> Hi,
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >> I have recently upgraded to org-mode version 8. Each time I start
> >>> >> >> emacs
> >>> >> >> I see the folloinwg error:
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >> error "Autoloading failed to define function
> >>> >> >> org-element-cache-reset"
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >> And some functionnality of org-mode doesn't seems to work
> anymore.
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >> Informa
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>
> >>
> >
>