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Default value org-odt-data-dir (in Emacs) makes no sense

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Default value org-odt-data-dir (in Emacs) makes no sense
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:59:55 -0500

Package: emacs,org-mode
Version: 24.3.50

This refers to the version of Org mode in Emacs trunk.

./src/emacs -Q -l ox-odt
C-h v org-odt-data-dir
  -> Its value is "/usr/share/emacs/etc/org"

This value is hard-coded (and autoloaded; why?) in org-version.el.
This value makes no sense.
For Emacs, it should be something based on data-directory.

This was pointed out before in some moderately lengthy discussion:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-10/msg00002.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-10/msg00070.html

(In general, the setting of directory-related variables in ox-odt seems
rather over-engineered.)

Message #6 received at 16734 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 16734 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16734: Default value org-odt-data-dir (in Emacs) makes no
 sense
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:16:55 +0530

See these posts.

    http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/81330
    http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/81364

If Org is run from Vanilla Emacs then setting then setting that to
`org-odt-data-dir' to nil should work (I think).

The primary consumer of `org-odt-data-dir' is a package distributor who
distributes a STANDALONE org.  He can set this variable to the location
in the file system where he has dumped the styles file.

From the archives:
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2012-01/msg00020.html


Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Package: emacs,org-mode
> Version: 24.3.50
>
> This refers to the version of Org mode in Emacs trunk.
>
> ./src/emacs -Q -l ox-odt
> C-h v org-odt-data-dir
>   -> Its value is "/usr/share/emacs/etc/org"
>
> This value is hard-coded (and autoloaded; why?) in org-version.el.
> This value makes no sense.
> For Emacs, it should be something based on data-directory.
>
> This was pointed out before in some moderately lengthy discussion:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-10/msg00002.html
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-10/msg00070.html
>
> (In general, the setting of directory-related variables in ox-odt seems
> rather over-engineered.)

Message #11 received at 16734 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bastien <bzg <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 16734 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16734: Default value org-odt-data-dir (in Emacs) makes no
 sense
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 08:53:30 +0100

Hi Glenn,

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Package: emacs,org-mode
> Version: 24.3.50
>
> This refers to the version of Org mode in Emacs trunk.
>
> ./src/emacs -Q -l ox-odt
> C-h v org-odt-data-dir
>   -> Its value is "/usr/share/emacs/etc/org"
>
> This value is hard-coded (and autoloaded; why?) in org-version.el.
> This value makes no sense.
> For Emacs, it should be something based on data-directory.

Yes.

> This was pointed out before in some moderately lengthy discussion:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-10/msg00002.html
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-10/msg00070.html

For now we will keep `org-odt-data-dir' in org-version.el that comes
with Org separate distributions (git, tar.gz and zip archives.)

> (In general, the setting of directory-related variables in ox-odt seems
> rather over-engineered.)

Indeed, we need to revisit this.

-- 
 Bastien

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