Re: Switching sets of variables

[Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>]

In article <mailman.2244.1267661988.14305.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
 "Sven Bretfeld" <sven.bretfeld@gmx.ch> wrote:

> Hi to all
> 
> I want to have two sets of different values for the same variables and
> switch between these sets.
> 
> For example:
> 
> ,----First set: org-mode settings for my private context
> |
> |   (defvar org-gtd-file "~/private.org")
> |   (setq org-todo-keywords '((type "NEXT" "WAITING" "APPT" "DONE")))
> |   (setq org-tag-alist '(("OFFICE" . ?o)
> |        	          ("HOME" . ?h)
> | 		          ("READING" . ?r)
> | 		          ("SHOPPING" . ?s)))
> `----
> 
> ,----Second set: org-mode settings for office organization
> | 
> |   (defvar org-gtd-file "~/institute.org")
> |   (setq org-todo-keywords '((type "PRESENT" "HOLIDAY" "DELEGATED" "DONE")))
> |   (setq org-tag-alist '(("ANNE" . ?a)
> |        	          ("MARY" . ?m)
> | 		          ("JOE" . ?j)
> | 		          ("FRED" . ?f)))
> | 
> `----
> 
> I want to have a function that switches between these sets. How could
> that be done?
> 
> Thanks for help,
> 
> Sven

(defvar org-context-alist nil
  "Alist mapping context name to alist of variable->value.")
(add-to-list 'org-context-alist
  '(private . ((org-gtd-file . "~/private.org")
               (org-todo-keywords . ((type "NEXT" "WAITING" "APPT" 
"DONE")))
               (org-tag-alist . (("OFFICE" . ?o)
                                 ("HOME" . ?h)
                                 ("READING" . ?r)
                                 ("SHOPPING" . ?s))))))
(add-to-list 'org-context-alist
  '(office . ((org-gtd-file . "~/institute.org")
              (org-todo-keywords . ((type "PRESENT" "HOLIDAY" 
"DELEGATED" "DONE")))
              (org-tag-alist . (("ANNE" . ?a)
                                ("MARY" . ?m)
                                ("JOE" . ?j)
                                ("FRED" . ?f))))))

(defun set-org-context (context-name)
  "Set all the variables in the entry in org-context-alist corresponding 
to CONTEXT-NAME."
  (loop for (var . val) in (cdr (assq context-name org-context-alist))
        do (setf (symbol-value var) val)))

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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