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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

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