From: Alan L Tyree <alantyree@gmail.com>
To: Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: org-writers-room sort of works! just in time for NaNoWriMo
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 05:28:37 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878ux8ugbu.fsf@breezy.my.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN_Dec_YuGnR19iz2wYwRZ2moDf4pT9roi3XYD9T+GuyQULUYw@mail.gmail.com>
Matt Price writes:
> On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:08 AM, Alan L Tyree <alantyree@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Matt Price writes:
>>
>>> I have just pushed a more-or-less-working version of my "Org Writer's
>>> Room" mode to github:
>>>
>> <SNIP>
>>> PS, the readme on github is a little out of date, but the code itself
>>> is mostly documented so I hope that helps. Though there's no general
>>> documentation at the top of the file -- oops, sorry.
>>
>> Hi Matt,
>> Looks very promising. My first look at it and the middle "column"
>> doesn't preserve visual line mode. I have taken to using this a lot
>> since it is much easier to interact with non-emacs/org-mode users.
>
> Do you load visual line mode automatically when you load org-mode? if
> not it will definitely be broken, as I have to manually set the major
> and minor modes on the new buffers (if I don't do that, all indirect
> buffers will have the same modes as the parent buffer, which I don't
> want). I bet there's a way to record all the minor modes in a buffer,
> then reload them in the indirect buffer, but I don't know it. Does
> anyone else out there?
Yes, I have the following line at the top of the file:
# -*- mode: visual-line; mode: org; fill-column: 1000; -*-
>>
>> I'll put it through some more testing in the next day or so.
>>
>> Also would like your ideas on useful properties. I have 'edition' and
>> 'status' (review, in-progress, draft, submitted, final). I know you are
>> aiming at fiction, but I'm sure your ideas would be welcome.
>
> I'm only sort of aiming at fiction as I don't really write fiction, so
> I think "status" is great. I'm not so sure about "edition" -- when
> would you use that, do you think? You may have noticed in any case
> that org-writers-room-properties is a defcustom, so it an be tweaked
> by hand if you think your use case is uncommon.
The document is a law textbook that is now going into its 8th edition. I
keep it under version control but it is handy to know at a glance which
sections I have updated, etc.
Cheers,
Alan
>
> I'm sure you will find lots more bugs -- the mode isn't very
> well-constructed, and in particular it doesn't dismantle itself very
> well -- really it should remember the existing window arrangement and
> restore it when it quits...
>
> Please feel free to hack away at it!
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Alan
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan
>> Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172385@iptel.org
--
Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan
Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172385@iptel.org
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-01 4:00 org-writers-room sort of works! just in time for NaNoWriMo Matt Price
2013-11-01 6:07 ` Ivan Andrus
2013-11-01 6:08 ` Alan L Tyree
2013-11-01 9:07 ` Ian Barton
2013-11-01 14:13 ` Matt Price
2013-11-01 14:12 ` Matt Price
2013-11-01 14:45 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2013-11-01 18:28 ` Alan L Tyree [this message]
2013-11-03 3:38 ` Matt Price
2013-11-04 1:10 ` Thorsten Jolitz
[not found] ` <CAN_Dec-+rQSqcDcjpFo9MsfuvK3Fc0bRDrMe_NR232XtcguUXg@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <87a9hkjcli.fsf@gmail.com>
2013-11-05 9:54 ` Matt Price
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