Re: [O] contribute: three pane mode for org

[Ernesto Durante]

Thorsten Jolitz <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Thorsten,

Great package. Thanks for all your explanation.

Ernesto

> Are you aware of navi-mode.el? 
>
> It does exactly this - put the overview (-> content) in a second
> window next to the details (-> showall). Only that the overview is a
> *Navi* buffer that is
>
> - plain read-only text (not a folded outline), what has many advantages
>   (though, like in occur and dired, 'M-x navi-edit-mode' makes the
>   buffer temporarily editable and propagates changes to the associated
>   Org/Outshine buffer)
>
> - a pretty smart remote-control of the associated Org (or Outshine)
>   buffer, offering many different views on the Org buffer, and lots of
>   navigation & structure editing commands with vim-like
>   one-key-bindings.
>
> Keys 1 to 8 in the *Navi* buffer show the headlines up to that
> level. Additionally, these keyword searches have been defined for
> Org-mode:
>
> ,----
> | [KEY] : [SEARCH]
> | ================
> |                     b : srcblock
> |                     x : time
> |                     I : inline-srcblock
> |                     W : srcname-w-name
> |                     M : multilineheader
> |                     Y : priority
> |                     T : target
> |                     R : radiotarget
> |                     D : drawer
> |                     S : timestamp
> |                     N : srcname
> |                     U : result
> |                     Z : result-w-name
> |                     O : options
> |                     P : propertydrawer
> |                     A : deadline
> |                     H : scheduled-time-hour
> `----
>
> (note that these searches are customizable, so they can be modified  or
> extended by the user via the customize interface)
>
> With a prefix-arg, you can combine headline and keyword searches. 
> E.g. given this Org buffer
>
> ,----
> | * A
> | ** B 
> | 
> | #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> |  (+ 2 2)
> | #+END_SRC
> | 
> | #+results:
> | : 4
> | 
> | ** C :mytag:
> |    DEADLINE: <2014-08-27 Mi 22:00>
> | *** [#A] D
> | very important
> `----
>
> trigger *Navi* buffer with 
>
> ,----[ C-h f navi-search-and-switch RET ]
> | navi-search-and-switch is an interactive Lisp function in
> | `navi-mode.el'.
> | 
> | It is bound to M-s n.
> | 
> | (navi-search-and-switch)
> | 
> | Call `occur' and immediatley switch to `*Navi:original-buffer-name*' buffer
> `----
>
> then typing '2' shows
>
> ,----
> |   1:* A
> |   2:** B 
> |  11:** C :mytag:
> `----
>
> typing 'A' shows
>
> ,----
> |  12:   DEADLINE: <2014-08-27 Mi 22:00>
> `----
>
> and combining headline with keyword-searches with 'C-2 A' or 'C-u 2 A'
> shows
>
> ,----
> |   1:* A
> |   2:** B 
> |  11:** C :mytag:
> |  12:   DEADLINE: <2014-08-27 Mi 22:00>
> `----
>
> The *Navi* buffer is like a remote-control for the associated Org or
> Outshine buffer, here is a list of things (besides the headline and
> keyword searches) you can do without leaving the *Navi* buffer (using
> vim-like one-key bindings):
>
> ,----[ C-h f navi-mode RET ]
> | navi-mode is an interactive Lisp function in `navi-mode.el'.
> | 
> | (navi-mode)
> | 
> | Parent mode: `occur-mode'.
> | 
> | Major mode for easy buffer-navigation.
> | In this mode (derived from `occur-mode') you can easily navigate
> | in an associated original-buffer via one-key commands in the
> | navi-buffer. You can alter the displayed document structure in
> | the navi-buffer by sending one-key commands that execute
> | predefined occur searches in the original buffer. `navi-mode' is
> | especially useful in buffers with outline structure, e.g. buffers
> | with `outline-minor-mode' activated and `outshine' extensions
> | loaded.
> | key             binding
> | ---             -------
> | 
> | C-c         Prefix Command
> | TAB         navi-cycle-subtree
> | RET         occur-mode-goto-occurrence
> | C-o         occur-mode-display-occurrence
> | ESC         Prefix Command
> | SPC         scroll-up-command
> | ! .. *              navi-generic-command
> | +           navi-demote-subtree
> | ,           navi-act-on-thing-at-point
> | -           navi-promote-subtree
> | .           scroll-other-window
> | / .. 9              navi-generic-command
> | :           scroll-other-window-down
> | ;           navi-generic-command
> | <           navi-move-down-subtree
> | = .. D              navi-generic-command
> | E           navi-edit-mode
> | F .. ]              navi-generic-command
> | ^           navi-move-up-subtree
> | _ .. b              navi-generic-command
> | c           navi-copy-thing-at-point-to-register-s
> | d           occur-mode-display-occurrence
> | e           navi-edit-as-org
> | f           navi-generic-command
> | g           navi-revert-function
> | h           navi-show-help
> | i           navi-isearch
> | j           navi-generic-command
> | k           navi-kill-thing-at-point
> | l           navi-query-replace
> | m           navi-mark-thing-at-point-and-switch
> | n           occur-next
> | o           navi-goto-occurrence-other-window
> | p           occur-prev
> | q           navi-quit-and-switch
> | r           navi-narrow-to-thing-at-point
> | s           navi-switch-to-twin-buffer
> | t           navi-generic-command
> | u           navi-undo
> | v           navi-generic-command
> | w           navi-widen
> | x           navi-generic-command
> | y           navi-yank-thing-from-register-s
> | z           navi-mail-subtree
> | { .. ~              navi-generic-command
> | DEL         scroll-down-command
> | <mouse-2>   occur-mode-mouse-goto
> | <remap>             Prefix Command
> | 
> | C-M-i               navi-cycle-buffer
> | 
> | M-n         occur-next
> | M-p         occur-prev
> | 
> | C-c C-c             occur-mode-goto-occurrence
> | C-c C-f             next-error-follow-minor-mode
> | 
> | 
> | 
> | In addition to any hooks its parent mode might have run,
> | this mode runs the hook `navi-mode-hook', as the final step
> | during initialization.
> `----