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Re: [O] possible org-insert-heading bug?


From: Robert Horn
Subject: Re: [O] possible org-insert-heading bug?
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 11:39:53 -0400
User-agent: mu4e 0.9.9.5; emacs 24.2.1

Erik Iverson writes:

> Robert,
>
> I noticed that behavior, too. But that does seem documented under M-<RET>:
>
> "When this command is used in the middle of a line, the line is split
> and the rest of the line becomes the new item or headline".
>
> Footnote 10 is referenced, which says:
>
> "If you do not want the line to be split, customize the variable
> org-M-RET-may-split-line."
>

That's what I wanted and expected.  That's not what happened.  The line
was not split.  The whole line became a new headline.  What I wanted was
the line to be split and the tail end to be the new headline.

>> I've noticed a probably related bug.  In a file like
>>
>> * before
>>   break between
>>
>> If I put the cursor between break and between, M-ret causes the result
>>
>> * before
>> * break between
>>
>> rather than what I expected:
>>
>> * before
>>   break
>> * between
>>
>> With the holiday coming I might look at it also and figure out what is
>> happening.
>>
>> R Horn
>>
>> Carsten Dominik writes:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> yes, org-insert-heading is broken - nad I am trying to find time
>>> to rewrite it.  My top Org priority.
>>>
>>> - Carsten
>>>
>>> On 3.7.2013, at 00:11, John Hendy <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Erik,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Glad to see you around :)
>>>>
>>>> These all may be quite related. I haven't seen activity on those
>>>> threads suggesting whether a) the documentation is, in fact, right or
>>>> wrong or b) whether anyone has taken action to fix or adjust the
>>>> behavior of M-RET or C-RET based on the complaints/counter-intuitive
>>>> observations.
>>>>
>>>> Let me know if those are similar to your issue. Perhaps Bastien can
>>>> comment on the state of these thread, now at least four in number...
>>>>
>>>> - http://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg70718.html
>>>> - http://osdir.com/ml/emacs-orgmode-gnu/2013-05/msg00846.html
>>>> - http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/72399
>>>>
>>>> I've taken to using C-RET in the meantime, as it seems to do what I
>>>> often expect when reflexively pressing M-RET. Also, someone once
>>>> corrected me on the documentation that "at the end of the line" might
>>>> mean before the ellipsis, not after?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hope that helps!
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Erik Iverson <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am using a current git pull (Org-mode version 8.0.3,
>>>>> release_8.0.3-345-g239aa7) and noticed behavior that's easiest to show
>>>>> with a small example. If you save and visit the following org file,
>>>>>
>>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7514404/test.org
>>>>>
>>>>> you will see the behavior described and documented (assuming it's
>>>>> reproducible under your version of emacs and orgmode).
>>>>>
>>>>> Briefly M-<RET> at the end of a *folded* headline that contains plain
>>>>> list items will insert a new plain list item at the end of the
>>>>> subtree, instead of a new top-level headline. I believe this conflicts
>>>>> with the documentation for M-<RET>, which currently reads:
>>>>>
>>>>> ... If the command is used at the end of a folded subtree (i.e.,
>>>>> behind the ellipses at the end of a headline), then a headline like
>>>>> the current one will be inserted after the end of the subtree...
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> --Erik
>>>>>
>>>>
>>




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