From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Lundin Subject: Re: Org expert mode? Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:08:52 -0400 Message-ID: <87vczebl1n.fsf@fastmail.fm> References: <87vczre1eb.fsf@altern.org> <87hbbbe148.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38783 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q184s-0004hg-Rz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:09:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q184e-00060R-0h for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:09:10 -0400 Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:39985) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q184d-000608-Nu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:08:55 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Rainer M. Krug's message of "Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:36:00 +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: Rainer M Krug Cc: Bastien , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Rainer M Krug writes: > But following on your statement that the features will still be there, > I would actually suggest to introduce an "Org Babel Mode" which would > *disable* features like archiving - the archiving feature (very useful > for time management et al) is quite useless in the use of babel for > literate programming. This "Org Babel mode" should not be a mode for > the whole of org, but rather on a per file basis. I would suggest that archiving can fit very well into a literate programming and/or writing workflow. One can use org-archive-subtree, for instance, to remove unneeded sections of code/prose without deleting them altogether. I do this all the time when drafting a new bit of code or an essay. Best, Matt