Re: [Orgmode] Re: Fix Subtle Heading Creation Bugs

[Manish]

  On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Peter Jones wrote:
  > Carsten Dominik writes:
  >> I am not so sure about forcing headline creation even when in a plain
  >> list item.  I can see why you would want it like this.  However, the
  >> reason for the current behavior is that then you can use the respect-
  >> content function as a full replacement for M-RET, without the need to
  >> always switch back and force between the two commands.
  >>
  >> Any thought about this?
  >
  > My position is that I want both features, and I have two key bindings,
  > so it's a perfect match.
  >
  > The way I work is that I use C-RET for creating headings, and M-RET for
  > creating plain lists.  I never use M-RET for creating headings because I
  > don't like how it creates the heading above the body of the current
  > item.
  >
  > I could set org-insert-heading-respect-content to t, but it makes more
  > sense in my head that M-RET is for plain lists, and C-RET is for
  > headings.
  >
  > Before my patch, C-RET and M-RET only differed in where the heading was
  > created (before or after the body).  But the original behavior of
  > OrgMode was that M-RET in a plain list created a new plain list item,
  > while C-RET in a plain list would create a new heading.
  >
  > However, this could all be chalked up to me being lazy.  I could just as
  > easily do this in a plain list instead: RET C-RET.  Well, except that
  > with my patch, C-RET will create a new heading, even if point is in a
  > drawer or something like a clock line.  In that case I could do C-u
  > C-RET.
  >
  > I just like the path of least resistance for creating new headings,
  > C-RET.  If this isn't good for OrgMode in general, I can easily bind C-j
  > to do what I want as well.

I liked Peter's description, tried his patch and find C-Ret and M-Ret
behaviour better now.  Earlier C-Ret and M-Ret had same effects (in my
setup) but makes better sense (to me) after the patch.  Just a humble
opinion.

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Manish