Re: a quick way to switch orgmode notes between read-only/editing?

[Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com>]

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Thx again Thorsten

for some reason it wont work here. i evaluated it and have in in my config.
i open notes in view mode (the other hook i used) and then edit them. i
leave the pc for 5-10 minutes but it dosent revert to view mode for some
reason. am i missing something?

thx!

Z


On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> wrote:

> Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Thx Thorsten
> >
> > i tried that but that dosent seem to work :) any way i can try to
> > debug this (i apologize in advance for my zero lisp knowledge :)
>
> it actually worked, but only with calling the reset function manually
> once.
>
> try this:
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (defvar tj/last-buffer-tick nil)
> (make-variable-buffer-local 'tj/last-buffer-tick)
>
> (defun tj/new-buffer-ticks-p ()
>   (let ((curr-tick (buffer-modified-tick))
>         (last-tick tj/last-buffer-tick))
>     (setq tj/last-buffer-tick curr-tick)
>     (and last-tick (< last-tick curr-tick))))
>
> (defun tj/reset-view-mode ()
>   (run-with-timer 0 (* 5 60)
>                   (lambda ()
>                     (when (tj/new-buffer-ticks-p)
>                       (view-mode t)))))
>
> (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'tj/reset-view-mode)
> #+end_src
>
> > On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >     Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >     > Thx again all, really cool.
> >     >
> >     > one last question. anyone mind pasting code to revert an open
> >     buffer
> >     > to read only when idle for lets say 5 minutes?
> >
> >
> >     you could try this (untested!):
> >
> >     #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> >     (defvar tj/last-buffer-tick nil)
> >     (make-variable-buffer-local 'tj/last-buffer-tick)
> >
> >     (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
> >     (lambda ()
> >     (setq tj/last-buffer-tick (buffer-modified-tick))))
> >
> >     (defun tj/new-buffer-ticks-p ()
> >     (let ((curr-tick (buffer-modified-tick))
> >     (last-tick tj/last-buffer-tick))
> >     (setq tj/last-buffer-tick curr-tick)
> >     (< last-tick curr-tick)))
> >
> >     (defun tj/reset-view-mode ()
> >     (run-with-timer (* 5 60) (* 5 60)
> >     (lambda ()
> >     (when (tj/new-buffer-ticks-p)
> >     (view-mode t)))))
> >     #+end_src
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     > On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 2:42 AM, Eric Abrahamsen
> >     > <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote:
> >     >
> >     > Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> writes:
> >     >
> >     > > Thanks guys. really appreciate all your help
> >     > >
> >     > > im now using view-mode with hooks as suggested. btw whats the
> >     > > advantages of viewer-mode over read-only-mode
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > Mostly that you get more convenient navigation commands.
> >     Scrolling
> >     > and
> >     > searching etc don't require control modifiers, and it becomes a
> >     > bit
> >     > easier to move around files.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > > best
> >     > >
> >     > > Z
> >     > >
> >     > >
> >     > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo <
> >     > > jorge.a.alfaro@gmail.com> wrote:
> >     > >
> >     > > Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> writes:
> >     > >
> >     > > > i keep once and a while screwing up my notes with unintended
> >     > > editing
> >     > > > (erroneous key presses etc) and was wondering if any one
> >     knew
> >     > > of a way
> >     > > > to to switch orgmode notes between read-only/editing?
> >     > >
> >     > > Hi Xebar. Use C-x C-q. This works for every file, I use it in
> >     > > particular
> >     > > for notes that I do not want to edit.
> >     > >
> >     > > It runs the command read-only-mode which changes whether the
> >     > > current
> >     > > buffer is read-only. Actually the command switches the local
> >     > > variable
> >     > > buffer-read-only, so you can use that variable as local for
> >     > every
> >     > > file
> >     > > that you do not want to edit by default. At the end of those
> >     > > files add:
> >     > >
> >     > > #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
> >     > > %%% Local Variables:
> >     > > %%% buffer-read-only: t
> >     > > %%% End:
> >     > > #+END_EXAMPLE
> >     > >
> >     > > And every time that you want to edit them just do C-x C-q
> >     > >
> >     > > Best,
> >     > >
> >     > > Jorge.
> >     > >
> >     > >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >
> >
> >     --
> >     cheers,
> >     Thorsten
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> cheers,
> Thorsten
>
>
>

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