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From: jorge.a.alfaro@gmail.com (Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo)
Subject: Re: a quick way to switch orgmode notes between read-only/editing?
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:46:44 -0400
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Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> writes:

> i keep once and a while screwing up my notes with unintended editing
> (erroneous key presses etc) and was wondering if any one knew of a way
> to to switch orgmode notes between read-only/editing?

Hi Xebar. Use C-x C-q. This works for every file, I use it in particular
for notes that I do not want to edit.

It runs the command read-only-mode which changes whether the current
buffer is read-only. Actually the command switches the local variable
buffer-read-only, so you can use that variable as local for every file
that you do not want to edit by default. At the end of those files add:

#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
%%% Local Variables:
%%% buffer-read-only: t
%%% End:
#+END_EXAMPLE

And every time that you want to edit them just do C-x C-q

Best,

Jorge.