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

[Xebar Saram]

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 :)

best

Z

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Thorsten Jolitz <address@hidden> wrote:

Xebar Saram <address@hidden> 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
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>     Xebar Saram <address@hidden> 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 <
>     > address@hidden> wrote:
>     >
>     > Xebar Saram <address@hidden> 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