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From: Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com>
To: Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>
Cc: org mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: a quick way to switch orgmode notes between read-only/editing?
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:14:53 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOQHXPrWeRA14oo58O-ZeptCPh26HMq8OaZn3wCXCy51MZ7i3Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8738dzt5bp.fsf@gmail.com>

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Thx Thorsten

i tried that but that dosent seem to work :) any way i can try to debug
this (i apologize in advance for my zero lisp knowledge :)

best

Z


On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> wrote:

> Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> 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
> > <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote:
> >
> >     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.
> >     >
> >     >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> cheers,
> Thorsten
>
>
>

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  reply	other threads:[~2014-07-18 12:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-17 12:40 a quick way to switch orgmode notes between read-only/editing? 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
2014-07-18  7:50       ` Xebar Saram
2014-07-18  8:54         ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-07-18 12:14           ` Xebar Saram [this message]
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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