Hi Jorge, mu4e has an option to edit mail messages in Org mode. You can insert and execute code blocks, etc. See example at bottom of this blog post: http://www.brool.com/index.php/using-mu4e
-k. On 2014-05-13 at 14:49, Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo <jorge.a.alf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, I would like to use org-edit-src-code outside of org, I think it > would be very handy in Message mode, to send messages that contain code > and edit that code in the proper mode. > > I put something like this > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > (defun mm-org-try-structure-completion () > (interactive) > (if (not (org-try-structure-completion)) > (message-tab))) > (eval-after-load "message" > '(progn > (define-key message-mode-map (kbd "<tab>") > 'mm-org-try-structure-completion))) > #+END_SRC > > which allows me now to do <'a letter' and hit <tab> and get a the proper > source block just as in org. > > I can enter the editing of the source block without problems with > org-edit-src-code (which I plan to bind to C-c ', just as in org), > however when I am want to close the editing and go back to the message > buffer it fails, specifically the part of org-edit-src-exit that says: > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > (unless (org-bound-and-true-p org-edit-src-from-org-mode) > (error "This is not a sub-editing buffer, something is wrong")) > #+END_SRC > > Is there a particular reason why the code has to check to see if it is > coming from org-mode? Shouldn't it be enough that already the > org-in-block-p was passed? > > If I evaluate the function definition of org-edit-src-exit without the > last part everything works as expect, I can exit with C-c ' and the code > is there. Even doing C-x C-s before exiting works as well. > > Best, > > Jorge. > > PS: What is the alternative when you write messages with code, do you > guys first write it in org and then copy and yank it?
