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In Ubuntu I'm unable to activate orgtbl-mode unless I first switch to org-mode. This didn't happen with Emacs 23. Has anybody experienced the same? How can I check if this has been reported? Thanks.

Edit: Seriously, people? You take the time to downvote and not to point in a direction to contribute to make Emacs better? So much for the attacks on Stack Overflow and its strict policies and policing... And anyway, how off topic is this comment? Peace.

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Try adding (require 'org-table) to your .emacs. My guess is that you only have (require 'org-install) or something like that currently. (Running the org-mode function will load several org libraries, including org-table, if they aren't loaded already, which is why orgtbl-mode does work after the first use of org-mode in the setup I'm guessing you have.)

Thanks a lot for replying! That did it! Although I haven't tried the latest version, I know for a fact this wasn't necessary with version 23, which is puzzling.

By "puzzling", I guess you mean "good (yay for modularization!)". :)

There's actually a StackExchange site specifically for emacs now: https://emacs.stackexchange.com

Thanks, wging, I will keep that in mind. Still, I wish HN were more open to these not-so-off-topic questions. Happily, I have received an on-target reply, which rocks!

How'd you get Emacs 24.4 on Ubuntu? Is there a PPA or did you compile from source?

I just ran apt-get install emacs24, which has given me so far version 24.3.1. Cheers.

Hacker News is not a great place for bug reports, just saying.

I'm asking for guidance, since I don't know where to file what I consider a clear bug, and where to check first. (Ubuntu? GNU?) Instead, I already received a downvote and this... Thanks, anyway.

Probably an Emacs-specific support forum would have been a good choice, assuming you used Google first and didn't find anything. HN certainly was not. I didn't downvote you, but it looks a lot like you didn't try to do your own homework, because it's not that hard. Either one of the places you mentioned would have been better. That's probably why you were downvoted.

Thank you, Andrew. I guess I can also see why I could be downvoted, though it is sad that those with downvoting powers don't let not-so-thrilling comments "just sink" to the bottom of the page instead of downvoting, which in my mind should be left to destructive, offensive or just completely unrelated stuff. Best regards.

You should use the new Emacs StackExchange! It's the perfect place for these types of questions.

emacs.stackexchange.com

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