Re: [Orgmode] Re: bug? in orgstruct-mode

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Austin,

On Feb 26, 2009, at 5:57 AM, Austin Frank wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 22 2009, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
> > yes, this is something I have been missing myself.
>
> Glad it wasn't just me.  I feel guilty if I'm the only one requesting
> the feature.  Now that you've implemented it, are you using
> orgstruct++-mode?

I only added the checking for plain list item context newly to
orgstruct++-mode.  The rest was there before, largely
undocumented, I believe.

And yes, I am using it a lot, like you in magit log mode for example.

orgstruct-mode I use in programming modes when I write docstrings etc,
but in any text-like mode, I would also prefer the ++ version.

- Carsten

> > orgstruct-mode is a mode that steals away bindings from the major  
> > mode
> > and overrules them in certain contexts.  In general, it does make
> > sense to keep the regions where this applies small, so that the  
> > normal
> > functions bound to the same keys can do there thing everywhere else.
>
> Maybe it makes sense for people who still cling to the idea that there
> are useful modes outside of org-mode ;)
>
> > You are describing here a case, where you actually never want to use
> > the original function of that key M-RET, right?
>
> Yes, I almost never want to use `message-newline-and-reformat'.
>
> > (defun org-run-insert-heading ()
> >  (interactive)
> >  (run-like-in-org-mode 'org-insert-heading))
>
> Did not know about `run-like-in-org-mode'.  Very cool.
>
> > What I have now done as well is to extend orgstruct++-mode so that it
> > will do what you ask for.  You neet to pull the git version for this
> > change.
>
> I use this full time in text-based modes now.  It's especially great  
> for
> composing emails (message-mode) and editing commit messages
> (magit-log-edit-mode).
>
> Thanks for adding this feature.  I understand why it can't be the
> default, but I would encourage folks to try it.  It works really well
> for me.
>
> Have a good one,
> /au
>
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