Hi Raman
This is a complex question.
Of course one could define a minor mode that contains some of the
org-mode commands. The main problem is key bindings. Major modes
define their own keys, and I guess you don't want to have the minor
mode override bindings from the major mode, except under special
circumstances.
Orgtbl-mode deals with this challange in a special way. All the keys
that are acting on tables are bound to a special function. That
function first determines if the cursor is inside a table. If yes, the
Org-mode table function is executed. If not, the minor mode is
deactivated for a moment and the other binding of that same key, most
likely set by the major mode or another minor mode will be executed.
I believe you would have to formulate your request much more narrowly:
What Org-mode functionality would you like to have available in other
modes? How should the minor mode decide if which function of a key to
call. For example, you could say you mostly want the structure editing
commands, when the cursor is on a headline or a plain list item.
But others might want the ability to put time stamps, or whatever.
So in order to realize such a minor mode, I would need a clear
definition.
- Carsten
On Mar 31, 2007, at 23:58, T. V. Raman wrote:
I've now come to rely heavily on org-mode for too many things --
this is of course good.
But this is also means that increasingly, I'd like to use
org-mode as a minor mode in conjunction with other major
modes. Is this possible?
org lets you use things like orgtbl or org-cdlatex within
org-mode;
what I'd like to see is org-mode itself be usable as a minor mode
--- in a manner similar to outline-minor-mode.
I think this would make things like email composition really
convenient -- org-mode is as yet the most convenient means I've
found in emacs to write ordered and bulleted lists with a minimal
amount of fuss.
Thanks,
--Raman
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