Error when loading org-export-generic.el

[avka...@gmail.com]

Hello,

I have org-mode setup for me Emacs 24.1.1 running in Mac OS X 10.6.8 installed via MacPorts 2.1.1, and it works fine.

Today, I wanted to load org-export-generic.el so that I can use the org-mode to Markdown converter here:

https://github.com/alexhenning/ORGMODE-Markdown

So I added the following to my ~/.emacs:

(load "~/.emacs.d/org-mode/contrib/lisp/org-export-generic.el")

But when I start Emacs I get an error saying there is a problem with that line in ~/.emacs, so I started Emacs with the command "emacs --debug-init" and got the following message, can someone help me troubleshoot this? Thanks!

Here's the error:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Cannot open load file" "~/.emacs.d/org-mode/contrib/lisp/org-export-generic.el")
load("~/.emacs.d/org-mode/contrib/lisp/org-export-generic.el")
eval-buffer(#<buffer *load*> nil "/Users/[username]/.emacs" nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 1030
load-with-code-conversion("/Users/[username]/.emacs" "/Users/[username]/.emacs" t t)
load("~/.emacs" t t)
#[0 " \205\262 \306=\203 \307 \310Q\202; \311=\204 \307 \312Q\202; \313\307\314\315#\203* \316\202; \313\307\314\317#\203: \320\nB \321\202; \316\322 \323 \322\211#\210 \322=\203a \324\325\326\307 \327Q!\"\323 \322\211#\210 \322=\203` \210 \203\243 \330 !\331\232\203\243 \332 !\211\333P\334 !\203} \211\202\210 \334 !\203\207 \202\210 \314\262 \203\241 \335 \"\203\237 \336\337 #\210\340\341!\210 \266 \f?\205\260 \314 \323\342\322\211#)\262 \207" [init-file-user system-type delayed-warnings-list user-init-file inhibit-default-init inhibit-startup-screen ms-dos "~" "/_emacs" windows-nt "/.emacs" directory-files nil "^\\.emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$" "~/.emacs" "^_emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$" (initialization "`_emacs' init file is deprecated, please use `.emacs'") "~/_emacs" t load expand-file-name "init" file-name-as-directory "/.emacs.d" file-name-extension "elc" file-name-sans-extension ".el" file-exists-p file-newer-than-file-p message "Warning: %s is newer than %s" sit-for 1 "default"] 7 "\n\n(fn)"]()
command-line()
normal-top-level()

[Bastien]

avka...@gmail.com writes:

> Today, I wanted to load org-export-generic.el so that I can use the org-mode to Markdown converter here:
>
> https://github.com/alexhenning/ORGMODE-Markdown
>
> So I added the following to my ~/.emacs:
>
> (load "~/.emacs.d/org-mode/contrib/lisp/org-export-generic.el")
>
> But when I start Emacs I get an error saying there is a problem with that
> line in ~/.emacs, so I started Emacs with the command "emacs --debug-init"
> and got the following message, can someone help me troubleshoot this?

Are you sure there is a file here ?

~/.emacs.d/org-mode/contrib/lisp/org-export-generic.el

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Bastien

[Advrk Aplmrkt]

Sorry I didn't provide the correct path before, it is suppose to be
"org" instead of "org-mode".

However, it still doesn't work. I've included the --debug-init output here:

http://pastebin.com/xa7y5E91

I honestly have no idea how to fix this problem. Do you have any
suggestions on how to troubleshoot this? Thanks!!

On 24 July 2012 02:47, Bastien <b...@gnu.org> wrote:

> avka...@gmail.com writes:
>
>> Today, I wanted to load org-export-generic.el so that I can use the org-mode to Markdown converter here:
>>
>> https://github.com/alexhenning/ORGMODE-Markdown
>>
>> So I added the following to my ~/.emacs:
>>
>> (load "~/.emacs.d/org-mode/contrib/lisp/org-export-generic.el")
>>
>> But when I start Emacs I get an error saying there is a problem with that
>> line in ~/.emacs, so I started Emacs with the command "emacs --debug-init"
>> and got the following message, can someone help me troubleshoot this?
>

[Bastien]

avka...@gmail.com writes:

> (load "~/.emacs.d/org-mode/contrib/lisp/org-export-generic.el")

Try (require 'org-export-generic) instead.

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Bastien

[Advrk Aplmrkt]

Hello,

I tried using (require 'org-export-generic), but emacs produces the
same error when starting..... Any other possibilities? Thanks for your
patience!

[Bastien]

Advrk Aplmrkt <avka...@gmail.com> writes:

> I tried using (require 'org-export-generic), but emacs produces the
> same error when starting..... Any other possibilities? Thanks for your
> patience!

Did you (require 'org) first?

Basically the error says ̀defmacro*' doesn't exist.

̀defmacro*' is defined in cl-macs.el, so this file should be loaded
before you can load org-export-generic.el.

HTH,

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Bastien

[Advrk Aplmrkt]

Hello,

Yes it works now! This is what's in my ~/.emacs file now:

(require 'cl)
(require 'org)
(require 'org-export-generic)
(load "~/.emacs.d/elisp/markdown.el")

Thank you so much for helping me with this, now I can successfully
export org-mode files to Markdown. BTW, this is where I got it from:

https://github.com/alexhenning/ORGMODE-Markdown

[Bastien]

Advrk Aplmrkt <avka...@gmail.com> writes:

> Thank you so much for helping me with this, now I can successfully
> export org-mode files to Markdown. BTW, this is where I got it from:
>
> https://github.com/alexhenning/ORGMODE-Markdown

You're welcome.

Note that from a fresh Org clone, you can use a more recent Markdown
exporter -- one that is likely to end up in Org's core, so testing it
would be nice.

See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/58081

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Bastien

[Advrk Aplmrkt]

While neither were perfect, the new one you suggested does work a bit
better! Thanks again. Hopefully this thread will be useful to someone
some day.

[Bastien]

Advrk Aplmrkt <avka...@gmail.com> writes:

> While neither were perfect, the new one you suggested does work a bit
> better! Thanks again. Hopefully this thread will be useful to someone
> some day.

Don't hesitate to give some feedback by writing directly to the
emacs-...@gnu.org mailing list.

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Bastien

[Suvayu Ali]

Although you have seemingly solved your problem, I would like to make a
comment about your org-mode installation.

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 11:08:24AM -0400, Advrk Aplmrkt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Yes it works now! This is what's in my ~/.emacs file now:
>
> (require 'cl)
> (require 'org)
> (require 'org-export-generic)
> (load "~/.emacs.d/elisp/markdown.el")
>

If the above is all you do to load org-mode, I think you are still not
using your separate org-mode install. In fact, your setup now has a
mixed org installation. You can verify this by looking at the output of
org-version.

I would suggest you follow the installation method suggested in the info
manual[1]. A mixed installation like this will cause you troubles that
will make your head spin in the future.

GL

Footnotes:

[1] http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation


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Suvayu

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