Re: Setup for switching between 2 org-mode configurations (demo/productive)?

[Iannis Zannos <zannos@gmail.com>]

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Hello Martin,

for situations like this I would consider switching between branches on
Git. If you are using Mercurial, maybe there is a similar possibility.

Iannis Z.


On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 8:01 AM, M <Elwood151@web.de> wrote:

> Thank you for your comments and suggestions!
>
> Running a virtual machine for the second setup is an interesting idea, but
> it is problematic, as I'm using MacOS X 10.6 and AFAIK it is not permitted
> to run it in a VM.
> I'm currently working with org-mode under OS X (Aquamacs) at home and under
> Windows 7 at work.
> (For a VM with Windows I'd need a second license and for using LINUX in the
> VM I'd have a 3rd operating system to fiddle with).
>
> I could however create a second user account in OS X for such purpose and
> then try to sync the "shared" parts of the emacs/org-mode configuration
> files.
>
> I thought that it should be easy (give I know, how) to have 2 branches in
> my
> mercurial repository, one for the "general settings" and one also
> containing
> my private data.
>
> Another solution might be to have 2 different stages of emacs/org-mode
> configuration files and if necessary "reset" emacs and org-mode by a
> command
> and then only load the "public" configuration for demo purpose.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Martin
>
> > Von: Noorul Islam K M <noorul@noorul.com>
> > Datum: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 09:30:15 +0530
> > An: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
> > Cc: <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
> > Betreff: Re: [O] Setup for switching between 2 org-mode configurations
> > (demo/productive)?
> >
> > Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> Karl Voit <devnull@Karl-Voit.at> writes:
> >>
> >>> * M <Elwood151@web.de> wrote:
>
> >>>> I'd like to set up org-mode in a way to separate my personal data
> from my
> >>>> gerenal settings.
> >>>> and easily re-enable them later.
> >>> [...]
> >>>> I assume that some of you already have something like that or can
> recommend
> >>>> a way for doing so?
> >>>
> >>> I by myself did chose a manual attempt so far: temporarily modifying
> >>> org-agenda-files to one demo file [1] and sticking to this demo file
> >>> only while showing stuff.
> >>
> >> It may be worth considering running in a virtual machine.
> >
> > And RAM and CPU cycles being cheap these days, I second this suggestion.
> >
> > Take a look at
> >
> > http://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/getting-started/
> >
> > Thanks and Regards
> > Noorul
> >
>
>
>
>

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