Re: [Orgmode] Preventing (or mitigating) accidental deletion in org-mode

[Nick Bell]

Russell Adams wrote:

You're recreating what version control is for.


I don't need all the functionality of version control, just a check 
against the last saved version to make sure I haven't inadvertently 
deleted too much.


I've used Hg and bzr in the past and they work fine but I don't think I 
need them for this.



Version control is your backup and your protection against data loss.


It's *a* form of backup. Another might be more appropriate.

Thanks for the input

Nick


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Re: [Orgmode] Preventing (or mitigating) accidental deletion in org-mode

[Russell Adams]

You're recreating what version control is for.

I have my org-files setup in a Bazaar repo, and if any changes were
made it auto-commits hourly via cron. I can also manually commit.

Prior to committing, I can press C-x v = to see a diff of what has
changes, and the Bazaar tools make it easy to step backward through
the history to see changes.

Version control is your backup and your protection against data loss.

On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 04:39:16PM +0200, Sebastian Rose wrote:
> Nick Bell  writes:
> > It there any way I can confirm all deletions of significant amounts of
> > data?
> >
> > I've  tried wimpy-del.el 
> > but,  although  it  seems  to  work when  called  directly  (e.g.  M-x
> > kill-region-wimpy)  it  doesn't intercept  all  other functions  which
> > might cause data deletion.
> 
> Re-bind keys like C-w et al in org-mode-hook?
> 
> 
> Untested:
> 
> 
> (defun org/wimpy-kill-setup ()
>   "Re-bind keys, that remove a significant amount of data."
>   (define-key org-mode-map [(control ?w)] 'kill-region-wimpy)
>   ;; ...
> )
> 
> (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'org-/wimpy-kill-setup)
> 
> 
> 
>   Sebastian
> 
> 
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Re: [Orgmode] Preventing (or mitigating) accidental deletion in org-mode

[Sebastian Rose]

Nick Bell  writes:
> It there any way I can confirm all deletions of significant amounts of
> data?
>
> I've  tried wimpy-del.el 
> but,  although  it  seems  to  work when  called  directly  (e.g.  M-x
> kill-region-wimpy)  it  doesn't intercept  all  other functions  which
> might cause data deletion.

Re-bind keys like C-w et al in org-mode-hook?


Untested:


(defun org/wimpy-kill-setup ()
  "Re-bind keys, that remove a significant amount of data."
  (define-key org-mode-map [(control ?w)] 'kill-region-wimpy)
  ;; ...
)

(add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'org-/wimpy-kill-setup)



  Sebastian


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[Orgmode] Preventing (or mitigating) accidental deletion in org-mode

[Nick Bell]

Dear List,

Org-mode is great and I'd like to commit to it. However, I'm held back
by the  apparent fragility of  data stored in org-files.  For example,
it's easy to delete entire folded  trees of data with just a couple of
keystrokes or a mouse click.

It there any way I can confirm all deletions of significant amounts of
data?

I've  tried wimpy-del.el 
but,  although  it  seems  to  work when  called  directly  (e.g.  M-x
kill-region-wimpy)  it  doesn't intercept  all  other functions  which
might cause data deletion.

I'd appreciate people's thoughts

Nick

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