Re: [Orgmode] cannot edit two source code examples simultaneously

[Carsten Dominik]

On May 18, 2009, at 8:27 AM, Taru Karttunen wrote:

> Excerpts from Dan Davison's message of Mon May 18 09:07:11 +0300 2009:
> > I think it's more complicated than that: source code loss is also the
> > motivation for doing something like this. If you are editing the  
> > code in
> > the *Org Edit Src* buffer, and get distracted, you may return to  
> > the org
> > buffer and mistakenly decide that it contains the latest content.  
> > I've
> > done that two or three times in the last couple of days, resulting in
> > lost work. That mistake cannot be made so easily when there is only  
> > ever
> > one current copy of the code. If you close emacs without C-c ', or  
> > your
> > laptop power runs out, then I agree that is bad, but I thought  
> > perhaps
> > there might be a good solution along these lines. Maybe an  
> > alternative
> > would be to maintain a work-in-progress message along with the
> > out-of-date code?
>
> How about this - set the source code with a special overlay/property
> when editing it. The property could turn the code into a link to the
> buffer and set it read-only.

OK, the source code in the Org buffer is now highlighted while
being edited, and you can click on it to go back to the
editing buffer.  I hope that does solve you problems, Dan?

It is not yet read-only, but this feels like an Emacs bug, because I
do set read-only in the overlay.

> - Taru Karttunen
>
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