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From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye)
To: brian powell <briangpowellms@gmail.com>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>,
	Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Ways to make org feasible for huge files
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:47:55 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1ty7d4q7o.fsf@tsdye.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFm0skFnvyfdG86=3JZXKtvmwhFSpiQQ2_a54eUG2h6-aKw+8Q@mail.gmail.com> (brian powell's message of "Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:34:06 -0400")

brian powell <briangpowellms@gmail.com> writes:

> * I ran into similar problems: I made the file into 2 separate
> files--one very large and the other very small that I render a
> lot--when it gets big, I just prune out older and less important now
> (backburner) subjects, paste them at the bottom of the small file and
> then cut and paste the less important "*" sections into the big file.
> ** Works great, its really the best way to do it--for backing up and
> encrypting reasons and hard drive space reasons etc.
> ** Could call them blahfile_now.org and blahfile_later.org (for the
> small and large files respectively).
> *** Since OrgMode files are plain text files, this works great.

This works for me, too.  I use the archive facility.  When I'm done with
a tree in the small file, I C-c C-x C-a on the headline, which saves
having to cut and paste.

Tom

-- 
Thomas S. Dye
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  reply	other threads:[~2011-10-13  1:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-13  0:54 Ways to make org feasible for huge files Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
2011-10-13  1:34 ` brian powell
2011-10-13  1:47   ` Thomas S. Dye [this message]
2011-10-14  9:54   ` Jude DaShiell
2011-10-13  2:44 ` Torsten Wagner
2011-10-13  2:52   ` Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
2011-10-13  7:07     ` Tassilo Horn
2011-10-14  1:23       ` Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
2011-10-14  4:51         ` Scott Jaderholm
2011-10-14  7:00         ` Tassilo Horn
2011-10-14  8:06           ` Scott Jaderholm
2011-10-14  8:52             ` Jude DaShiell
2011-10-13 12:39 ` GNU Emacs crashing on large Orgmode files (was: Ways to make org feasible for huge files) Karl Voit
2011-10-13 14:56   ` GNU Emacs crashing on large Orgmode files Martyn Jago
2011-10-14  6:14   ` Karl Voit

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