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foldout.el (was Re: [Orgmode] Values of org-indirect-buffer-display)
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Adam Spiers |
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foldout.el (was Re: [Orgmode] Values of org-indirect-buffer-display) |
Date: |
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:15:17 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) |
On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 11:38:36AM +0100, Chris Randle wrote:
> I'm new to emacs and org-mode, so please forgive me if I've missed
> something fundamental.
>
> I've been using org-tree-to-indirect-buffer bound to the default C-c C-x
> b, and saw in the help that you can modify org-indirect-buffer-display.
> In my .emacs file, I've got the following:
>
> (setq org-indirect-buffer-display 'new-frame)
>
> When I hit C-c C-x b on a subtree, I do indeed get a narrowed subtree in
> a new frame (call it frame 2). When I go back to the original frame and
> repeat for a different subtree, that works too, but the buffer in frame
> 2 is killed. The help for org-tree-to-indirect-buffer says that a C-u
> prefix will keep the last buffer, and this works as stated: the buffer
> in frame 2 is then kept.
>
> So my question: if C-u controls the persistence of the previous buffer,
> what is intended difference between new-frame and dedicated-frame?
>
> I had expected C-c C-x b with new-frame to work the same as C-u C-c C-x
> b with dedicated-frame, and I feel that new-frame is redundant. I don't
> see why anyone would want to keep opening new frames whilst killing the
> indirect buffers in the previous ones.
This is probably not useful to you, but I just wanted to mention in
case it is useful to others, that foldout.el works quite nicely in
combination with org-mode, for narrowing to subtrees. It works
recursively too.
(autoload 'foldout-exit-fold "foldout")
(autoload 'foldout-zoom-subtree "foldout")
(mapc (lambda (mode)
(add-hook mode
(lambda ()
;; Quick navigation
(local-set-key [(shift left)] 'foldout-exit-fold)
(local-set-key [(shift right)] 'foldout-zoom-subtree)
)))
'(outline-mode-hook outline-minor-mode-hook))