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On the orgmode site it says that if you upgrade from org-mode v.7.9.4f to v.8+:

You must search your configuration for the existence of varaibles starting with org-export- and change their names (e.g. org-export-html-validation-link is now org-html-validation-link).

My question is, how do I do that? If I do a C-h v and look for org-export-, I do see a long list of variables with names that apparently need changing. What do I do next?

Brian Z
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    I believe what that means is that you need to look in your init file for places where you've set the org-export-... variables and change their names in that init file so that whatever customizations you've made will be recognized. – Dan Feb 20 '15 at 13:38
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    Consult the variable user-init-file if you don't know the location of your init file. – Harald Hanche-Olsen Feb 20 '15 at 14:12
  • You may not need to do anything if you didn't set those variables yourself at some point. Is something not working after your upgrade? – mankoff Feb 20 '15 at 15:45

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You can fix your emacs config by using the wgrep mode (package available through Melpa). If you don't know where you might have used the old variables, this approach will help if you at least know which folder holds your emacs configuration.

Check out the solutions to this emacs.SE question on Is there a way to use query-replace from grep/ack/ag output modes?.

Here is the summary of steps needed fix your emacs config with old org-mode variables:

  • Figure out the folder containing all your emacs config
  • Do recursive search of the old variables in that folder using a tool of your choice: grep, ag, etc; you can do that from within emacs as demonstrated in the above link.
  • Replace the old variables in the result with the new variables and save the edits by making use of wgrep (or wgrep-ag, etc) as demonstrated in the above link.
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  • My '.emacs' file and my '.emacs.d' folder are in '~/'. I'll assume that's the folder you mean and give this suggestion a try. – Brian Z Feb 20 '15 at 15:36
  • One may need also need to check customization files. – Andrew Swann Feb 20 '15 at 15:37
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    @BrianZ If you have a ~/.emacs.d folder I would suggest doing \mv ~/.emacs ~/.emacs.d/init.el so that everything related to emacs config stays in a single folder. Then you can do recursive search/replace just in ~/.emacs.d. – Kaushal Modi Feb 20 '15 at 15:58
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When I followed kaushalmodi's suggestion, I found that the unwanted variables were being set in my new org-mode installation. This lead me to realize that the installation must have gone horribly wrong.

I deleted the org package in package-list-packages, backed up my .emacs file, wiped out any lines in it that were in any way even potentially related to org-mode, and redid the installation. Now everything looks right, as far as I can tell.

Brian Z
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