I've seen Manage same init file for Linux and Windows, but it is not quite what I want. Bear with the description of issues and my attempts for resolution.
I recently installed Emacs on Windows using emacs-25.3_1-x86_64.zip from the gnu ftp server, and did not install any other file. I found the init file .emacs, and the diretory .emacs.d in C:\Users\MyUSer\AppData\Roaming\ -- as the docs indicated. I copied my .emacs for emacs25.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 and the accompanying .dotemacs.org and pasted them in Roaming. I also pasted the org-dotemacs.el in Romaming\.emacs.d\. The contents of my init file are as follows:
(custom-set-variables
;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
'(ansi-color-faces-vector
[default default default italic underline success warning error])
'(custom-enabled-themes (quote (wheatgrass)))
'(initial-frame-alist (quote ((fullscreen . maximized))))
'(package-selected-packages (quote (pdf-tools org-dotemacs))))
(custom-set-faces
;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
)
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "https://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
(add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/"))
(add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa-stable" . "http://stable.melpa.org/packages/"))
(setq package-enable-at-startup nil)
(package-initialize)
;;;;org-mode configuration
;; Enable org-mode
(require 'org)
;;org-dotemacs
(require 'org-dotemacs)
(load-file "C:/Users/MyUser/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/org-dotemacs.el")
(org-dotemacs-load-default)
The message I get is: Cannot open load file: No such file or directory, org-dotemacs. So I decided to look into the list of packages. Here I have another perplexing behaviour. The list loads, but I get errors contacting to org archive; output given below because I don't know if it is relevant to the problem mentioned ahead:
gnutls.c: [1] (Emacs) GnuTLS library not found
Opening TLS connection to `orgmode.org'...
Opening TLS connection with `gnutls-cli --x509cafile nil -p 443 orgmode.org'...failed
Opening TLS connection with `gnutls-cli --x509cafile nil -p 443 orgmode.org --protocols ssl3'...failed
Opening TLS connection with `openssl s_client -connect orgmode.org:443 -no_ssl2 -ign_eof'...failed
Opening TLS connection to `orgmode.org'...failed
Package refresh done
Failed to download `org' archive.
You can run the command `package-list-packages' with M-x pa-l- RET
Failed to download `org' archive.
Contacting host: melpa.org:80
Within the list of packages I find many with the label incompatible which is where I find org-dotemacs and on clicking it:
Status: Incompatible because it depends on uninstallable packages.
Archive: melpa
Version: 20151119.1022
Summary: Store your emacs config as an org file, and choose which bits to load.
Requires: org-7.9.3 (not available), cl-lib-1.0
Homepage: https://github.com/vapniks/org-dotemacs
The problem is in the Status and Requires fields, because I have org-mode, in fact M-x org-version gives Org-mode version 8.2.10 (release_8.2.10 @ c:/Users/MyUser/Downloads/emacs-25.3_1-x86_64/share/emacs/25.3/lisp/org/). I assumed something that needs org-7.9.3 would work with org-8.2.10.
What is wrong? Did I miss downloading some files from the gnu ftp server? Do I need to install some other software alongside for emacs to run properly on Windows? I can program but I am not a professional, I have somehow managed to use emacs on Ubuntu. I don't even understand how to run emacs with the --debug-init option on Windows.
