From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thorsten Jolitz Subject: Re: a quick way to switch orgmode notes between read-only/editing? Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 10:54:34 +0200 Message-ID: <8738dzt5bp.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87d2d49h63.fsf@gmail.com> <8761ivsgb2.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58861) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X83wO-0004Rf-V0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 04:55:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X83wH-0001As-GD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 04:54:56 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:49090) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X83wH-0001Aj-9w for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 04:54:49 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X83wE-0004sI-Te for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 10:54:46 +0200 Received: from g231226049.adsl.alicedsl.de ([92.231.226.49]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 10:54:46 +0200 Received: from tjolitz by g231226049.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 10:54:46 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Xebar Saram writes: > Thx again all, really cool. > > one last question. anyone mind pasting code to revert an open buffer > to read only when idle for lets say 5 minutes? you could try this (untested!): #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defvar tj/last-buffer-tick nil) (make-variable-buffer-local 'tj/last-buffer-tick) (add-hook 'org-mode-hook (lambda () (setq tj/last-buffer-tick (buffer-modified-tick)))) (defun tj/new-buffer-ticks-p () (let ((curr-tick (buffer-modified-tick)) (last-tick tj/last-buffer-tick)) (setq tj/last-buffer-tick curr-tick) (< last-tick curr-tick))) (defun tj/reset-view-mode () (run-with-timer (* 5 60) (* 5 60) (lambda () (when (tj/new-buffer-ticks-p) (view-mode t))))) #+end_src > On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 2:42 AM, Eric Abrahamsen > wrote: > > Xebar Saram writes: > > > Thanks guys. really appreciate all your help > > > > im now using view-mode with hooks as suggested. btw whats the > > advantages of viewer-mode over read-only-mode > > > Mostly that you get more convenient navigation commands. Scrolling > and > searching etc don't require control modifiers, and it becomes a > bit > easier to move around files. > > > > > best > > > > Z > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo < > > jorge.a.alfaro@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Xebar Saram writes: > > > > > i keep once and a while screwing up my notes with unintended > > editing > > > (erroneous key presses etc) and was wondering if any one knew > > of a way > > > to to switch orgmode notes between read-only/editing? > > > > Hi Xebar. Use C-x C-q. This works for every file, I use it in > > particular > > for notes that I do not want to edit. > > > > It runs the command read-only-mode which changes whether the > > current > > buffer is read-only. Actually the command switches the local > > variable > > buffer-read-only, so you can use that variable as local for > every > > file > > that you do not want to edit by default. At the end of those > > files add: > > > > #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE > > %%% Local Variables: > > %%% buffer-read-only: t > > %%% End: > > #+END_EXAMPLE > > > > And every time that you want to edit them just do C-x C-q > > > > Best, > > > > Jorge. > > > > > > > > > -- cheers, Thorsten