How to prevent the creation of dedicated buffers
reddit / emacs

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Domse007 · 2022-11-01 15:10

Is there a way to prevent the creation of dedicated buffers when
editing org sources. I often just want to quickly edit the source and
do not need the advantages of a dedicated area.

I couldn't find an anwer on the internet and even after reading the
source code, I could not find a way to prevent it.

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ieure · 2022-11-01 15:29

Just edit the source in the `#+BEGIN_SRC` block in the .org file?

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Domse007 · 2022-11-02 15:41

This is not possible, because the src block is locked:

Cannot modify an area being edited in a dedicated buffer

I first have to close the dedicated buffer before I can edit the org
file.

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ieure · 2022-11-02 15:48

It's possible, I do it often.  Instead of pressing `C-c '` to bring up
the dedicated source editing buffer, just edit the file.

The error message is saying that you have already pressed `C-c '` on
that block.  Do not do that.