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From: Michael Brand <michael.ch.brand@gmail.com>
To: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: indirect buffer for properties
Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 14:48:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTimYcYzUGVAe2pUCQ4DzSszP_4QKAg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Hi all

What do you think about an indirect buffer for properties (or is there
already one I don't know of yet?) that lets one view and maybe even
edit all properties of the typically folded current heading of the
primary buffer in an indirect buffer? It could be named "properties
editor", defuned org-properties-to-indirect-buffer and work like
org-tree-to-indirect-buffer (C-c C-x b) with the additional feature of
changing the scope to the properties of the current heading when
moving in the primary buffer, just like the field content of the new
org-table-follow-field-mode for the "table field editor" introduced
here:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/41584/focus=41846

An Org file:

#+begin_src org
  ,* section
  ,** [#B] subsection
  ,   :PROPERTIES:
  ,   :prop:     short
  ,   :property_with_long_key: property_with_long_value
  ,   :END:
#+end_src

opened in the state org-content and with point at "subsection" could
show the indirect buffer for properties like this:

/---------------------------------------------------/
/ * section                                         /
/ ** [#B] subsection...                             /
/                                                   /
/------ (the primary Org buffer) -------------------/
/ :PRIORITY: B                                      /
/ :prop:     short                                  /
/ :property_with_long_key: property_with_long_value /
/                                                   /
/------ (the indirect buffer for properties) -------/

Of course there are TAB on ":PROPERTIES:..." and column view but
wouldn't this be very helpful at least for fast browsing of properties
for use cases with longer properties or with a larger amount of
properties in a single heading?

Michael

             reply	other threads:[~2011-05-21 12:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-21 12:48 Michael Brand [this message]
2011-05-24 13:17 ` indirect buffer for properties Bernt Hansen
2011-05-24 19:16   ` Michael Brand

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