Temporary switching to another major mode

Temporary switching to another major mode

[Marcin Borkowski]

Hi list,

so I have this small fragment which really belongs to another major
mode.  Maybe it's an Org-mode table embedded somewhere in a LaTeX file.
Maybe it's a LaTeX fragment in an email.  I would like to edit it
(e.g. in an indirect buffer) in its "native" mode (Org-mode, AUCTeX
etc.), then hit e.g. C-c C-c and have the temporary buffer disappear,
and the modified fragment update in the "base" buffer.

I am pretty sure there exist some tools for that.  Am I right?

TIA,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University

Re: Temporary switching to another major mode

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes:

> Hi list,
>
> so I have this small fragment which really belongs to another major
> mode.  Maybe it's an Org-mode table embedded somewhere in a LaTeX file.
> Maybe it's a LaTeX fragment in an email.  I would like to edit it
> (e.g. in an indirect buffer) in its "native" mode (Org-mode, AUCTeX
> etc.), then hit e.g. C-c C-c and have the temporary buffer disappear,
> and the modified fragment update in the "base" buffer.
>
> I am pretty sure there exist some tools for that.  Am I right?

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MultipleModes

mmm-mode or mumamo.
(In case of web files, web-mode seems nice too).

-- 
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keep the man from touching the equipment.” -- Carl Bass CEO Autodesk

Re: Temporary switching to another major mode

[Thorsten Jolitz]

Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes:

> Hi list,
>
> so I have this small fragment which really belongs to another major
> mode.  Maybe it's an Org-mode table embedded somewhere in a LaTeX file.
> Maybe it's a LaTeX fragment in an email.  I would like to edit it
> (e.g. in an indirect buffer) in its "native" mode (Org-mode, AUCTeX
> etc.), then hit e.g. C-c C-c and have the temporary buffer disappear,
> and the modified fragment update in the "base" buffer.
>
> I am pretty sure there exist some tools for that.  Am I right?

2 specialized tools are:

- poporg: edit the docstring at point in Org (works in emacs-lisp-mode
  and maybe others?)
- outorg: edit the subtree at point (or whole buffer) in Org (works in
  all major-modes, given original buffer is org-style-structured and has
  outshine activated)

Then there is polymode and linked-buffers, recently discussed on the ESS
mailing list. 

None of them seems to be a perfect fit for your needs though ...

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten