Error loading org-ref-latex

[vcurdia]

When starting emacs I get the following error message: Warning (comp): /home/vasco/.emacs.d/elpa/org-ref-20240509.1211/org-ref-latex.el: Error: Symbol's function definition is void org-link-set-parameters

My org-ref setup is as follows:

(use-package org-ref
  :config
  (require 'bibtex)
  (require 'org-ref-helm)
  (require 'org-ref-latex)
  (setq org-ref-insert-link-function 'org-ref-insert-link-hydra/body
        org-ref-insert-cite-function 'org-ref-cite-insert-helm
        org-ref-insert-label-function 'org-ref-insert-label-link
        org-ref-insert-ref-function 'org-ref-insert-ref-link
        org-ref-cite-onclick-function (lambda (_) (org-ref-citation-hydra/body))
        org-ref-notes-function 'orb-edit-notes)
  (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c ]") 'org-ref-insert-link)
  )

Am I missing something? Thanks

[jkitchin]

that sounds like you have an old version of org that is loading. If you run M-x org-version what do you see?

[vcurdia]

I get Org mode version 9.6.15 (release_9.6.15 @ /snap/emacs/current/usr/share/emacs/29.3/lisp/org/)

Note: I am trying to get clickable citations/preview in auctex and that's why I am trying to add org-ref-latex to my setup. Right now it doesn't work, and maybe this is why.

[vcurdia]

When I check my package list, for org I get the information below.

Package org is built-in.

 Status: Built-In.
Version: 9.6.15
Summary: Outline-based notes management and organizer

Required by: ox-pandoc-20231222.1103, org-super-agenda-20240301.1602, org-roam-20240114.1941, org-ref-20240509.1211, org-ql-20240403.2027, org-appear-20231127.1052, citeproc-20240513.1309, citar-20240419.2232 Other versions: 9.6.30 (gnu).

Org is a mode for keeping notes, maintaining ToDo lists, and doing project planning with a fast and effective plain-text system.

Org mode develops organizational tasks around NOTES files that contain information about projects as plain text. Org mode is implemented on top of outline-mode, which makes it possible to keep the content of large files well structured. Visibility cycling and structure editing help to work with the tree. Tables are easily created with a built-in table editor. Org mode supports ToDo items, deadlines, time stamps, and scheduling. It dynamically compiles entries into an agenda that utilizes and smoothly integrates much of the Emacs calendar and diary. Plain text URL-like links connect to websites, emails, Usenet messages, BBDB entries, and any files related to the projects. For printing and sharing of notes, an Org file can be exported as a structured ASCII file, as HTML, or (todo and agenda items only) as an iCalendar file. It can also serve as a publishing tool for a set of linked webpages.

Installation and Activation

See the corresponding sections in the manual at

https://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation

Documentation

The documentation of Org mode can be found in the TeXInfo file. The distribution also contains a PDF version of it. At the Org mode website, you can read the same text online as HTML. There is also an excellent reference card made by Philip Rooke. This card can be found in the doc/ directory.

A list of recent changes can be found at https://orgmode.org/Changes.html

[vcurdia]

I was able to install org version 9.6.30 but I still get the same warning/error message

[jkitchin]

It seems very weird, I wonder if the wrong org is loaded when org-ref is loaded. In my init files I have something like:

(use-package org)
(use-package org-ref)
(use-package org-ref-ivy
  :load-path (lambda () (file-name-directory (locate-library "org-ref"))))

I think you could replace org-ref-ivy with org-ref-helm. I don't know why I do it this way, the code is quite old, but I guess there was a reason for it. I make sure org is the first thing that is ever loaded before anything else, otherwise a default system org might get loaded first, and that might be a version 8 before the new link commands were defined?

[vcurdia]

Thanks. I've tried that approach with either helm or ivy and neither solved the issue with loading org-ref-latex. I get org-version 9.6.30 when I check. I also know that the built-in org version that I was using was 9.6.15. So either way I'm already using v9, not v8. The rest of org-ref works fine. It's just the org-ref-latex that does not work.

[jkitchin]

That is very strange. It must be coming from trying to load org-ref-citation-links, but I don't understand why.

You might check this page: https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/5avfin/symbols_function_definition_is_void

another possibility might be to put your org-ref loading code inside this macro.

(with-eval-after-load 'org
  ;; Org config goes here
  ;; ....
  )

[vcurdia]

I tried that but not success so far.

What I have discovered is that the warning/error is caused by this block (if I comment out the other instructions after this block and recompile/load org-ref-latex):

(defun org-ref-latex-get-bibliography ()
  "Find bibliographies in the tex file."
  (save-excursion
    (let ((bibliography '()))
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (while (re-search-forward "\\\\bibliography{\\(?1:.*\\)}" nil t)
        (setq bibliography (append bibliography
                                   (mapcar (lambda (f)
                                             (concat f ".bib"))
                                           (split-string (match-string-no-properties 1) ",")))))
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (while (re-search-forward "\\\\addbibresource{\\(?1:.*\\)}" nil t)
        (setq bibliography (append bibliography (list (match-string-no-properties 1)))))
      bibliography)))

[jkitchin]

Do you mean it happens after this block? That particular defun doesn't even have org-related code in it.

can you skip loading org-ref-latex in your init and then after your Emacs loads, load it with M-x load-library org-ref-latex?

Is there any output if you start emacs with --debug-init?

Another way I would debug this is to also skip loading it in your init, and then evaluate each form in org-ref-latex and check the traceback when you get to the error.

[vcurdia]

I agree that it is odd. What I did exactly was to comment the entire contents (except the final provide), and then gradually remove the comments.

It loaded without errors until I loaded that segment.

I was indeed surprised because as you say it does not appear to call the problematic function.