[O] Changing Modes and Headline Closing

2018-03-26 Thread 42 147
Hello, I'm editing a large document, mostly text, that is intended for a website -- thus html is interspersed throughout, though not enough to justify editing the document as a dedicated .html file. I only use html-mode if I have to edit a list with 6-7 uls / ols nested in, mainly to keep track

[O] Running a Babun Shell In Emacs

2017-01-06 Thread 42 147
How does one run a Babun shell in Emacs?

[O] org-meta-return

2016-10-30 Thread 42 147
Hello, I notice that org-meta-return now inserts a space between the new headline and the previous headline. This was not the functionality before (not sure which update changed it). Either that, or I preferred defective functionality all along. Any way to restore the old org-meta-return?

[O] Formatting in Visual Line Mode

2015-05-30 Thread 42 147
In visual line mode headlines wrap around and remained glossed as headlines; nevertheless it would be better if they adjusted to the hierarchy: /* I weary of scholars neighing against Ahab, who is magnificent in his heroism. Would they have him hunt for more blubber? His chase has

[O] emptying all headlines

2015-01-01 Thread 42 147
I'm looking for a way to copy only the headlines and sub-headlines, etc., in org-mode, without any of the text that had been folded into them. Thus: /* Bach. [commentary] /** Well-Tempered Clavier. [commentary] /*** Book I. [commentary] / Prelude in C Major. [commentary] Would become:

[O] completing-read question

2014-05-27 Thread 42 147
Hey everyone, My init stabilized about a year ago and therefore I've actually been spending more time working in org-mode than customizing it! But that comes at a cost. My Emacs Lisp has become quite rusty. Recently I started customizing again, and I wanted to use the completing-read function --

[O] feature request

2013-06-25 Thread 42 147
Org-mode has proven tremendously useful in writing musical analyses, but it would also be nice to provide musical examples in plain text. Is there anything like this available? If not, I may try to do it myself. I'm finally getting my act together and finishing the Emacs Lisp Intro; but any help

[O] lazy command request

2013-06-04 Thread 42 147
Sometimes I accidentally hit a key combination on a headline that produces the following in the minibuffer: E-mails / 2013 / June / Meshuggah So I see precisely where my headline is in the hierarchy. What is the key combination to produce this information? Very useful, because I hide stars. 42

[O] window splitting and preserving folded states

2013-04-26 Thread 42 147
Critical to what I do is splitting the buffer into two windows: however, very, often, I need to fold the headline in one of the windows in order to (more efficiently) search for vital information elsewhere in the same buffer. When I do this, the headline is folded in both windows. How can I

[O] converting people to Emacs and org-mode

2013-04-09 Thread 42 147
Hello mailing list, This might be considered off-topic. The question is the title: have you been able to convert many people to Emacs / org-mode? Are converts all programmers, or those versed in programming? -- Or have you converted non-programmers, e.g., anyone who edits text for a living?

Re: [O] converting people to Emacs and org-mode

2013-04-09 Thread 42 147
Not when they're your employees! Only half joking, +1 for the serious half. Totalitarianism is underrated. this confirms that different people have wildly different usage patterns That is absolutely true. I didn't care about org-mode until a friend showed me his Shakespeare.org file. I

Re: [O] yanking a headline in folded state

2013-04-02 Thread 42 147
In my Emacs I have the following. Would that work? C-c C-x C-w runs the command org-cut-special, which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `org.el'. I incidentally figured out the problem: I had rebound yank to C-., and did not realize that org-yank was bound to the original yank

[O] yanking a headline in folded state

2013-04-01 Thread 42 147
Hello mailing list, A source of slight irritation is killing a whole headline with C-k (usually to move it to another buffer), and seeing it unfold every single sub-headline after I yank it to its new position. This causes tremendous chaos sometimes, especially if there are a number of nested

Re: [O] New logo

2013-04-01 Thread 42 147
Or maybe the logo should include the subterranean wonders of org the ostrich (orgstrich?) is marveling at? Completely awesome suggestion. Please integrate. The logo is indeed hilarious though.

[O] problem opening web links

2013-03-27 Thread 42 147
Mailing list, I get the following error whenever I call the function org-open-at-point on a web link while Firefox is already running: Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system. These links

Re: [O] saving state of buffer

2013-03-22 Thread 42 147
base. All I can do is try and reproduce your error. The code seems to be robust, though. Tried my best with what I have, 42 2013/3/21 Thomas S. Dye t...@tsdye.com 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com writes: Good - May I suggest, that you write a step - by step howto and mail it here or even add

Re: [O] saving state of buffer

2013-03-22 Thread 42 147
and relatives and ram Emacs down their throats. I wish I could be a totalitarian for just one day. Living the high life in org-mode, 42 2013/3/22 Thomas S. Dye t...@tsdye.com Aloha 42, 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com writes: Thomas, Could you provide a recipe? As a test, I ran Emacs with just

Re: [O] saving state of buffer

2013-03-21 Thread 42 147
that royalty stepped into the discussion. Herzlichen Dank, 42 2013/3/21 Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com On 20.3.2013, at 19:28, 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com wrote: (require 'saveplace) (setq-default save-place t) works for me. It just opens the place where I had the point

Re: [O] saving state of buffer

2013-03-21 Thread 42 147
in the customization group org-reveal-context. 2013/3/21 Rainer M Krug r.m.k...@gmail.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/03/13 10:28, Carsten Dominik wrote: On 21 mrt. 2013, at 10:23, Rainer M Krug r.m.k...@gmail.com wrote: On 21/03/13 10:05, 42 147 wrote: Thanks David

[O] saving state of buffer

2013-03-20 Thread 42 147
How would I save the state of the headlines? e.g.,: * Books * Movies * Music ** Analysis *** Classical Composers * Beethoven ** Eroica *** II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai General Comments * Climax of the Movement The climax of the movement for me is the

Re: [O] saving state of buffer

2013-03-20 Thread 42 147
Bastien b...@altern.org Hi Fourtytwo, 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com writes: When I return to this buffer, I want all of this to be opened. (info (Org)Visibility cycling) When Emacs first visits an Org file, the global state is set to OVERVIEW, i.e., only the top level headlines are visible

Re: [O] saving state of buffer

2013-03-20 Thread 42 147
are hidden. At least for me. 2013/3/20 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com Apologies on behalf of my inferior cognitive faculty, but I do not see a solution to my problem in those options (perhaps merely a means to it). Between OVERVIEW, CONTENT, SHOWALL, SHOWEVERYTHING, which == allow me to save and reopen

Re: [O] org-meta-return

2013-03-02 Thread 42 147
Michael Brand michael.ch.br...@gmail.com Hi John On Feb 21, 2013 10:16 PM, 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com wrote: [continues off-topic] Have you tried a Dvorak keyboard? A friend of mine ridicules me for being a QWERTY typist, but I have found no empirical evidence that it is actually superior

Re: [O] hiding footnotes

2013-02-26 Thread 42 147
Set it to 20, thanks. Hopefully I never need to hit the 26 limit. 2012/11/29 Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com wrote: Very nice. However, I'd like to write a function that toggles the color value (without recourse to the customize menu), since it would

Re: [O] hiding footnotes

2013-02-26 Thread 42 147
Oops, wrong thread. 2013/2/26 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com Set it to 20, thanks. Hopefully I never need to hit the 26 limit. 2012/11/29 Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com wrote: Very nice. However, I'd like to write a function that toggles the color value

Re: [O] apparent limit to headline nesting

2013-02-26 Thread 42 147
Set it to 20, thanks. Hopefully I never need to hit the 26 limit. 2013/2/24 Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com wrote: I'm unable to go past 14 levels in. ** Headline 14 levels in. *** Headline 15 levels in. I can't fold Headline 15

[O] apparent limit to headline nesting

2013-02-24 Thread 42 147
I'm unable to go past 14 levels in. ** Headline 14 levels in. *** Headline 15 levels in. I can't fold Headline 15 into Headline 14.

Re: [O] org-meta-return

2013-02-21 Thread 42 147
[Warning: off-topic] 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com wrote: My hands might be smaller than average, or, at least, smaller than yours. To reach right I must shift my entire arm to the right and downward. To reach RET no such movement is necessary. Maybe a slight turn of the wrist to the right

[O] org-meta-return

2013-02-20 Thread 42 147
Invaluable command, but often I want to insert a new headline at point that is one level down; i.e.: *** topic_1 [COMMAND] subtopic As an expansion to: *** topic_1 M-RET *** topic_2

Re: [O] org-meta-return

2013-02-20 Thread 42 147
M-RET M-right Appreciate the reply, but that's worse than what I was doing. M-right is not anywhere close to my high frequency areas of finger activity. I've changed all such keybindings. I notice that C-M-RET is undefined. If anyone wants to add the functionality as described in my original

Re: [O] org-meta-return

2013-02-20 Thread 42 147
for previous-line / next-line. C-q / C-e for beginning-of-line / end-of-line. From a positional standpoint, C-p / C-n makes absolutely no sense. 2013/2/20 Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com wrote: M-RET M-right Appreciate the reply, but that's worse than what I was doing

[O] killing all contents of a headline

2013-02-19 Thread 42 147
Title is self-explanatory. Is there a command that lets me place the cursor on a headline and delete its contents (i.e., all of its text)?

Re: [O] killing all contents of a headline

2013-02-19 Thread 42 147
looking to expand my org-vocabulary. The @ replacement is also a sensible idea -- can either of you send me the source code for this? Or how would I update my org-mode to include it? Not exactly well-versed in Emacs, John 2013/2/19 Bastien b...@altern.org 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com writes: Title

Re: [O] killing all contents of a headline

2013-02-19 Thread 42 147
Bastien b...@altern.org Hi John, 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com writes: The @ replacement is also a sensible idea -- can either of you send me the source code for this? Or how would I update my org-mode to include it? If you want to use Org development branch, simply clone and build: ~$ git

Re: [O] subscribing to this mailing list with gnus

2013-02-07 Thread 42 147
How do I subscribe? I haven't been able to find a working address. Thanks. 2013/2/7 Bastien b...@altern.org Hi John, 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com writes: I don't know the correct port / address within the context of this code: (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp gmane.emacs.orgmode

Re: [O] subscribing to this mailing list with gnus

2013-02-07 Thread 42 147
The working address should be news.gmane.org I didn't specify a port-number. You can add a Server (^^ in the groups-buffer) with gnus-select-method nntp and server news.gmane.org: (setq gnus-select-method (quote (nntp news.gmane.org))) After opening the server Space the list of groups

[O] subscribing to this mailing list with gnus

2013-02-06 Thread 42 147
I don't know the correct port / address within the context of this code: (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp gmane.emacs.orgmode (nntp-port-number 119)))

Re: [O] viewing number of nested headlines

2013-02-05 Thread 42 147
in the hierarchy; and (2) number of headlines at that / those position(s). Apologies if the original message was poorly articulated. 2013/2/5 Bastien b...@altern.org 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com writes: Is there a way to see how many nested headlines there are within a higher-level headline

Re: [O] viewing number of nested headlines

2013-02-05 Thread 42 147
...@altern.org Hi 42 (what's your other name?) 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com writes: Maybe you could point me in the right direction; somewhere in the code, org-mode must be aware of the number of nested headlines in order for show-branches and show-children to work. Or maybe

[O] tagging text, not headlines

2013-02-04 Thread 42 147
I want to avoid over-headlining data. So in my playlist, I will list the songs as text, rather than as headlines. The problem is, I'd like to tag, in the following example, (8) Beata Viscera as my favorite composition in the Hilliard Ensemble performance. ** Classical *** PĂ©rotin

[O] viewing number of nested headlines

2013-02-04 Thread 42 147
Is there a way to see how many nested headlines there are within a higher-level headline (not necessarily top-level)?

Re: [O] tagging text, not headlines

2013-02-04 Thread 42 147
Sometimes I forget what org-mode is built on... It would be nice to keep things in the org-style (e.g., :favorite song: is preferable to --- favorite song, just on rudimentary aesthetic grounds. But what you suggested will do. 2013/2/4 Bastien b...@altern.org 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com writes

[O] org-copy-subtree

2013-02-02 Thread 42 147
I want to copy the text in the subtree, but not the headline. Right now I use the following hack: (org-narrow-to-subtree) (beginning-of-buffer) (next-line 1) (setq minPoint (point)) (copy-region-as-kill minPoint (point-max)) (widen) However, org-copy-subtree would do exactly what I

Re: [O] managing a playlist

2013-01-20 Thread 42 147
and borders, I don't see an improvement in functionality. What other commands do you use in this mode when managing playlists? I could very well be missing something here. 2013/1/20 Michael Brand michael.ch.br...@gmail.com On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 3:07 PM, 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com wrote: What's

[O] managing a playlist

2013-01-19 Thread 42 147
What's the best way to keep a playlist in org-mode? I just want to keep a list of everything I like. Right now my format is: Judas Priest * Painkiller (1990) ** (2) Hell Patrol ** (6) Night Crawler ** (7) Between the Hammer and the Anvil At The Gates * Slaughter of

[O] C / C++ Standard org file

2013-01-08 Thread 42 147
Has anyone made an org file out of the C / C++ standards? Would make looking things up much more convenient.

[O] hiding footnotes

2012-11-28 Thread 42 147
Self-explanatory. I like how org-mode handles footnotes, but I want an option to hide them while reading (for they are distracting).

Re: [O] hiding footnotes

2012-11-28 Thread 42 147
not surprising that such crude fanaticism rises to such an extreme in the United States, as an antidote for the unique freedom from state coercion that has been achieved by popular struggle. [16] On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 9:17 AM, John Hendy jw.he...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 7:03 AM, 42

Re: [O] hiding footnotes

2012-11-28 Thread 42 147
Very nice. However, I'd like to write a function that toggles the color value (without recourse to the customize menu), since it would be useful to highlight the footnotes from time to time. After some tests, it is clear I also disliked the underlining. On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:26 PM,

Re: [O] hiding footnotes

2012-11-28 Thread 42 147
is better than having the footnote embedded in the body of the text as a giant distracting parenthesis. That is the worst functionality among the options here. On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 10:24 PM, 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com wrote: Very nice. However, I'd like to write a function that toggles the color

Re: [O] hiding footnotes

2012-11-28 Thread 42 147
)) (face-to 'default)) (if f (setq face-remapping-alist (delq f face-remapping-alist)) (push (cons face-from face-to) face-remapping-alist On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Jambunathan K kjambunat...@gmail.comwrote: Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com writes: 42 147 aeus...@gmail.com

[O] nested org-headlines

2012-11-27 Thread 42 147
(1) is possible, but not (2) and (3), (3) being what I want (though (2) would be nice). (1) * HEADLINE Text about main topic. *** INLINE TASK Text about tangent from main topic. *** END Continuation of main topic. (2) * HEADLINE