>From 00701e1732fcf71180dc02f72117b44bccf5eb2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jarmo Hurri Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2019 08:19:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] org-manual.org: Document global properties not being inherited when including files * doc/org-manual.org: Note that when an org-file is included, even with `:only-contents` set to `nil`, global properties set with lines beginning `#+PROPERTY:` will not be inherited in the file that includes. Point the user to use `#+SETUPFILE:` for this purpose. --- doc/org-manual.org | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org index 35f6013ce..a0aedf825 100644 --- a/doc/org-manual.org +++ b/doc/org-manual.org @@ -11770,6 +11770,11 @@ with the custom ID =theory=, you can use : #+INCLUDE: "./paper.org::#theory" :only-contents t +Note that even when =:only-contents= has value ~nil~, properties set +in the included file by lines beginning with =#+PROPERTY:= will not be +inherited in the file that includes. To achieve such inheritance, use +=#+SETUPFILE:= instead (see [[Summary of In-Buffer Settings]]). + The following command allows navigating to the included document: - {{{kbd(C-c ')}}} (~org-edit~special~) :: -- 2.21.0