From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: George McNinch Subject: Re: org-contacts and column mode Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:56:38 -0500 Message-ID: <877hc5v63d.fsf@gmail.com> References: <878vwnoyuk.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: George McNinch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=42673 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Py7WG-0004tq-17 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:57:01 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Py7WE-000710-KJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:56:59 -0500 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:52389) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Py7WE-00070v-9w for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:56:58 -0500 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Py7WC-0006jq-UK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:56:56 +0100 Received: from torsor.math.tufts.edu ([130.64.79.37]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:56:56 +0100 Received: from gmcninch by torsor.math.tufts.edu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:56:56 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Cc: Julien Danjou >> if I have turned on "column mode" in the buffer visiting >> contacts.org via org-columns ("C-x C-x C-c") >> >> then, when trying to tab-complete in a *Message* buffer >> >> To: George >> >> in the event that George identifies an entry in the file >> contacts.org, I get an error report in the minibuffer: >> >> Text is read-only: "Type `e' to edit property" >> >> If I quit column mode in the appropriate buffer, then >> tab-completion resumes working correctly. Julien> Unable to reproduce. Maybe M-x toggle-debug-on-error would Julien> throw a backtrace? Well, I didn't manage to trigger a backtrace. But I did observe the following: the error report seems to appear only if org-contacts-files contains more than one contact file. e.g. when this line ,---- | (custom-set-variables | ... | '(org-contacts-files (quote | ("/home/george/org-files/contacts/contacts.org" | "/home/george/org-files/contacts/contacts-math.org" | "/home/george/org-files/contacts/contacts-family.org" | "/home/george/org-files/contacts/contacts-friends.org" | "/home/george/org-files/contacts/contacts-tufts.org"))) | ... | ) `---- appears in custom.el, I see the error, but when it is replaced by ,---- | (custom-set-variables | ... | '(org-contacts-files (quote | ("/home/george/org-files/contacts/contacts.org")) | ... | ) `---- I don't. -- George McNinch http://gmcninch.math.tufts.edu