Re: [tip for EXWM users] An alternative method for isolate trees

["Julian M. Burgos" <julian.burgos@hafogvatn.is>]

Hi Kyle,

You are right. When running emacs without my personal config things work as described in the manual.  I should have verified that first.

My best,

Julian

Kyle Meyer writes:

> Julian M. Burgos writes:
>
>> I have not noticed that org-tree-to-indirect-buffer
>> reuses the indirect buffer when you call it for a second time.
>> According to the manual, "with a C-u prefix, do not remove the
>> previously used indirect buffer", but that does not seem to work.
>> When you do Cu-Cc-Cx-b from a buffer that already has an indirect
>> buffer you get a "cannot modify an area being edited in a dedicated
>> buffer".  If you try it from a different buffer, the prefix is ignored
>> and the indirect buffer is assigned to the tree from the last buffer.
>
> Hmm, could you provide a reproducer for the problem?  Here's what I
> tried with the current master (afd75d05a), Emacs 27.1, and no custom
> configuration.
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> * a
> a content
> * b
> b content
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
>  - on "a", C-c C-x b  ;; org-tree-to-indirect-buffer
>    Displays <file>-a-1 buffer.
>
>  - move to "b", C-u C-c C-x b
>    Displays <file>-b-1 buffer, a-1 buffer still exists.


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