From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: a quick way to switch orgmode notes between read-only/editing?
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:42:41 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8761ivsgb2.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOQHXPoSbOOkBxuNCX27HAQsr9a5v26RMo21-XOfPhajs2o15w@mail.gmail.com>
Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> 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 <zeltakc@gmail.com> 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.
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-17 23:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-17 12:40 Xebar Saram
2014-07-17 13:13 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-07-17 13:22 ` Xebar Saram
2014-07-17 13:23 ` Xebar Saram
2014-07-17 13:50 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-07-17 13:53 ` Nick Dokos
2014-07-17 13:57 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-07-17 14:46 ` Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo
2014-07-17 15:15 ` Xebar Saram
2014-07-17 23:42 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2014-07-18 7:50 ` Xebar Saram
2014-07-18 8:54 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-07-18 12:14 ` Xebar Saram
2014-07-18 12:35 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-07-18 15:31 ` Xebar Saram
2014-07-18 20:37 ` Thorsten Jolitz
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