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 <tjol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Xebar Saram <zelt...@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 > > <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote: > > > > Xebar Saram <zelt...@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.alf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Xebar Saram <zelt...@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 > > >
