From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/18725 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lars-Johan Liman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user,gmane.emacs.orgmode Subject: Re: [O] (gnus-icalendar-org-setup) not evaluated in .emacs? Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:49:30 +0200 Message-ID: <22bmm5zdhx.fsf@limac.netnod.se> References: <87a81x3e8n.fsf@hornfels.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <87wp517kut.fsf@t3610> <871sn91iqc.fsf@hornfels.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <877ewvdpmz.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <87mv5rkodt.fsf@hornfels.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <87lglabapk.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1505921513 21077 195.159.176.226 (20 Sep 2017 15:31:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:31:53 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (darwin) Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Loris Bennett , info-gnus-english@gnu.org To: Tim Cross Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 20 17:31:41 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dugyS-0004mo-Ep for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:31:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48891 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dugyZ-0000rS-3P for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:31:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55782) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dufka-0001dp-JK for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:13:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dufkU-0004Sq-KT for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:13:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.cafax.se ([2a00:801:11:53::4]:64171) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dufkS-0004R2-18; Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:13:08 -0400 Original-Received: from limac.netnod.se ([IPv6:2a01:3f0:1:0:818d:dde3:e5ea:709e]) by mail.cafax.se (8.15.1/8.15.1) with ESMTPS id v8KDnUp0000708 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:49:30 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from limac.netnod.se (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by limac.netnod.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EA186BF8EF; Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:49:30 +0200 (CEST) Importance: high In-Reply-To: <87lglabapk.fsf@gmail.com> (Tim Cross's message of "Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:11:19 +1000") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a00:801:11:53::4 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "info-gnus-english" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:18725 gmane.emacs.orgmode:116163 Archived-At: Loris Bennett writes: >> Having said that, having let my .emacs grow organically (think "rampant >> weeds") for 30 years, maybe I should take the shears to it. :-) :-) Hahaa! LOL! I was thinking exactly those words earlier this morning, while trying to debug a complicated "cond" statement that tries to figure out on which computer the Emacs is being starting, and which windowing system is being used on it. But I've stopped trying to maintain my PS:EMACS.INIT. (Is anyone else that old? :-) My TECO is getting rusty ... ;-) theophilusx@gmail.com: > Management of an emacs init file is a challenge for anyone who has been > using Emacs for a long time. I have some files in CVS (yes, I'm that old ;-), but yes, Git is on my mind too. Every new thing I archive I put in Git. But, this looked interesting ... > 3. I now use org to manage my init file. In fact, I have a few init > files. I have a bare bones minimal init file which I use when I need to > debug a specific feature/package or generate bug reports, I have an > experimental one where I play with new things and I have my stable > one. Using org, I can just 'tangle' a new init based on one of those > files whenever I need it. I started by just putting all my existing > setup into a block in an org file and exporting that as elisp. As time > permitted, I broke bits off into their own blocks with explanatory > comments/text so that I can remember why/what of the block. Can you expand on how using Org for this is done? Examples? Documentation? Cheers, /Liman #------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Lars-Johan Liman, M.Sc. ! E-mail: liman@cafax.se # Cafax AB ! HTTP : //www.cafax.se/ # Computer Consultants, Sweden ! Voice : +46 8 - 564 702 30 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------