Thanks for posting this workaround. I've just pushed up a change which rebinds this key in org-src-mode. I don't know why the binding was ever removed in the first place.
Best, Leo Alekseyev <dnqu...@gmail.com> writes: > In case anyone is curious, C-x C-s functionality in org-edit-special > can be easily restored via > > (define-key org-src-mode-map "\C-x\C-s" 'org-edit-src-save) > > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Leo Alekseyev <dnqu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Previously, C-x C-s in an org-edit-special buffer (invoked via C-') >> would save the underlying org buffer (provided (setq >> org-src-window-setup (quote current-window)) was set; it was buggy >> with other settings, see >> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/50979 for discussion). >> Currently, C-x C-s prompts to save the temporary source edit buffer in >> a new file, which is almost certainly not what the user intends. I >> hope someone can look into this, C-x C-s shouldn't be broken in any >> context. >> >> This broke some time between commit >> fc93b6f34071703d5a154a51540f3f4e3f15b8a2 (Jan. 18) and this week, >> _possibly_ as a result of the change ensuring that buffer-file-name is >> nil in temporary org-src buffers. Buffer-file-name not being nil in a >> temp buffer is incorrect behavior, but in this context having C-x C-s >> not working is a much worse behavior, so perhaps that change ought to >> be reverted if it's the culprit. >> >> --Leo > -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/