Re: org-edit-src-code outside of org

[Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com>]

Hi Jorge,

mu4e has an option to edit mail messages in Org mode. You can insert and
execute code blocks, etc. See example at bottom of this blog post:
http://www.brool.com/index.php/using-mu4e

  -k.

On 2014-05-13 at 14:49, Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo <jorge.a.alfaro@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I would like to use org-edit-src-code outside of org, I think it
> would be very handy in Message mode, to send messages that contain code
> and edit that code in the proper mode.
>
> I put something like this
>
>      #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
>        (defun mm-org-try-structure-completion ()
>          (interactive)
>          (if (not (org-try-structure-completion))
>              (message-tab)))
>        (eval-after-load "message"
>          '(progn
>             (define-key message-mode-map (kbd "<tab>")
>             'mm-org-try-structure-completion)))
>      #+END_SRC
>
> which allows me now to do <'a letter' and hit <tab> and get a the proper
> source block just as in org.
>
> I can enter the editing of the source block without problems with
> org-edit-src-code (which I plan to bind to C-c ', just as in org),
> however when I am want to close the editing and go back to the message
> buffer it fails, specifically the part of org-edit-src-exit that says:
>
>      #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
>        (unless (org-bound-and-true-p org-edit-src-from-org-mode)
>           (error "This is not a sub-editing buffer, something is wrong"))
>      #+END_SRC
>           
> Is there a particular reason why the code has to check to see if it is
> coming from org-mode? Shouldn't it be enough that already the
> org-in-block-p was passed?
>
> If I evaluate the function definition of org-edit-src-exit without the
> last part everything works as expect, I can exit with C-c ' and the code
> is there. Even doing C-x C-s before exiting works as well.
>
> Best,
>
> Jorge.
>
> PS: What is the alternative when you write messages with code, do you
> guys first write it in org and then copy and yank it?