Re: [Orgmode] Preventing (or mitigating) accidental deletion in org-mode

2009-08-23 Thread Nick Bell
Russell Adams wrote: You're recreating what version control is for. I don't need all the functionality of version control, just a check against the last saved version to make sure I haven't inadvertently deleted too much. I've used Hg and bzr in the past and they work fine but I don't think

Re: [Orgmode] Preventing (or mitigating) accidental deletion in org-mode

2009-08-23 Thread Russell Adams
You're recreating what version control is for. I have my org-files setup in a Bazaar repo, and if any changes were made it auto-commits hourly via cron. I can also manually commit. Prior to committing, I can press C-x v = to see a diff of what has changes, and the Bazaar tools make it easy to ste

Re: [Orgmode] Preventing (or mitigating) accidental deletion in org-mode

2009-08-23 Thread Sebastian Rose
Nick Bell writes: > It there any way I can confirm all deletions of significant amounts of > data? > > I've tried wimpy-del.el > but, although it seems to work when called directly (e.g. M-x > kill-region-wimpy) it doesn't intercept all o

[Orgmode] Preventing (or mitigating) accidental deletion in org-mode

2009-08-23 Thread Nick Bell
Dear List, Org-mode is great and I'd like to commit to it. However, I'm held back by the apparent fragility of data stored in org-files. For example, it's easy to delete entire folded trees of data with just a couple of keystrokes or a mouse click. It there any way I can confirm all deletion