From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexander Baier Subject: Re: org-indent-mode corrupted most of a big org file Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:37:53 +0100 Message-ID: <8738mb2rhq.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54375) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VnVZk-0003vf-4e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2013 10:38:28 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VnVZb-0006xO-Ll for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2013 10:38:20 -0500 Received: from mail-ea0-x232.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c01::232]:64895) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VnVZb-0006xA-DZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2013 10:38:11 -0500 Received: by mail-ea0-f178.google.com with SMTP id d10so9424199eaj.9 for ; Mon, 02 Dec 2013 07:38:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Rainer Stengele's message of "Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:21:25 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Rainer Stengele Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 13-12-02 12:21 Rainer Stengele wrote: > All, > > last week I played around with org-indent-mode in my biggest (37.000 lines) org file. > 3 days later I detected that most of the file was corrupted. > WHy so late? Using the agenda I only saw the todos and did not recognise the corrupted structures. > Most "*" items had been placed at the beginning of the line and therefore now became headlines. > I do not know how this happened. I am not sure if I myself was the reason somehow. > Anyway I had to spend a fair amount of work to get the old file format from > subversion and insert the changes since the corruption. > > This is just a warning to have backups at hand before changing to org-indent mode. > Then immediately and check often the contents of the file until you are sure all is running well. > > Maybe someone has an idea. > > I will try to convert again later but then be much more careful. > > Rainer > > FWIW, I have the following snippet in my init file, that uses emacs' build-in backup machanism to save me from such things. As emacs stuffs them all in one central location, I do not have to worry about polluting my filesystem. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (setq make-backup-files t) (setq backup-directory-alist '(("/home/delexi/*" . "/home/delexi/.emacs.d/backup"))) (setq backup-by-copying t ; don't use symlinks delete-old-versions t ; don't ask me about deleting backups kept-new-versions 20 kept-old-versions 5 version-control t) ; use versioned backups #+end_src If you want to make backups from files under version control, you also have to set the following: #+begin_src emacs-lisp (setq vc-make-backup-files t) #+end_src This already saved me a couple of times. Regards, -- Alexander Baier