[Orgmode] Re: alter all subtrees containing specific tag

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Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:

>> Hi,
>>   I use pgg to encrypt some org subtrees (e.g. the ones containing
>>   passwords). At the moment I have to encrypt/decrypt them one at a
>>   time by selecting the appropriate region and running
>>   pgg-encrypt-region/pgg-decrypt-region.
>>   I want to make a function that will automatically encrypt/decrypt
>> all
>>   subtrees (in the current buffer) whose headings contain an
>> :ENCRYPT: tag.
>>   I tried using org-map-entries, but it seems to restore the buffer to
>>   its original state after returning.

I discovered that the problem is with pgg-encrypt not org.
For some reason it only works properly if I call it interactively.

>
> No, org-map-entries should be perfect for this, and it does not
> restore the buffer.
> This should really well.  The only thing that might happen, by
> replacing the
> subtree, that it does not know correctly where to continue and
> therefore it might do
> every tree twice?
>
>
>>   Is there a quick way to get the start and end points of a subtree,
>> or
>>   place region around it? and a quick way to jump to the next heading
>>   with a given tag?
>
>
> (org-mark-subtree)  ;; this will include the headline

I don't have this function (Org-mode version 6.24).

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