Re: how do you compose mails in Gnus with org-mode

[Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>]

Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:

>>>> "Thorsten" == Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:
>>>>>> "Thorsten" == Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
>>> 
>>> > Joseph Vidal-Rosset <joseph.vidal.rosset@gmail.com> writes:
>>> > Hallo
>>> 
>>> >> I know that the subject of my email exists already.
>>> >> [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2009-08/msg00855.html]]
>>> 
>>> > This works perfectly for your subject:
>>> 
>>> I just realised that you are the author of that package. Sorry.
>>> 
>>> I set
>>> 
>>> (require 'outorg)  
>>> (require 'outshine)
>>> (add-hook 'outline-minor-mode-hook 'outshine-hook-function)
>>> 
>>> (add-hook 'message-mode-hook 'outline-minor-mode)
>
>> ok, maybe I answered the wrong message, does not look that incomplete
>> actually. Maybe try a copy of my config.
>
>> I used outorg-edit-as-org to insert and evaluate these source blocks
>> directly in this email, so for me it works:
> I still can't
>
>> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp  
>>  (emacs-version)
>> #+END_SRC
>
>
>> #+results:
>> : GNU Emacs 25.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.26)
>> :  of 2018-02-09
>
>
> GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d
> scroll bars)
>  of 2018-01-25"

Wow, emacs 27 ... I'm on Archlinux and always thought packages a pretty
up-to-date.

Maybe outline has changed somehow between Emacs 25 and Emacs 27?
But I don't think so, the error you send is pretty typical for
incomplete configuration.

> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Before first heading")
>   signal(error ("Before first heading"))
>   error("Before first heading")
>   outline-back-to-heading()

is typical when 

,----
| outorg-prepare-message-mode-buffer-for-editing ()
`----

has not run, it turns this line into a 1st level org headline thus
converting any kind of message body into an org file.

,----
| * --text follows this line--
| Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:
`----

without this, the error is justified - an org file without a single 
org headline is no org file at all.

You could try to write an email with these lines:

,----
| * 1st level
| ** 2nd level
| some text
`----

put point on some text an call outorg, to see if it works.

Another option would be to use edebug:
open outorg.el, put point into 'outorg-edit-as-org', and call M-x
edebug-defun. Then convert an email again, and go step-by-step with
SPACE key, and see how far you get.

When done, call 'load-library' on outorg.el to get rid of edebug
instrumentation.

>> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp  
>>  (org-version)
>> #+END_SRC
>
> Git master from June 2017 so relatively recent
>
>> #+results:
>> : 8.2.10
>
>> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp  
>>  (gnus-version)
>> #+END_SRC
>
>> #+results:
>> : Gnus v5.13
>
> The same here.
>
>>> But when I fire up outorg-edit-as-org in a reply message I obtain the
>>> error I described in my earlier message.
>>> 
>>> Uwe Brauer 
>
>
>

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten