org-pop-mode

[Mark E. Shoulson]

This is something I've wanted for years in org-mode, but which in some ways could actually be _offensive_ to its ideals.  If you're an outline purist, look away.

It's something we can do with plain lists: work on a list item at level X, then make a sublist at level X+1, and then "pop" back up to the same list item you had been working on at level X, without needing a new header.  You just adjust the indentation.

  + Some stuff at this level.

  + More stuff at this level.

    Might even have multiple paragraphs.

    - a sublevel, for a digression

    And back to the same higher level, even without a new bullet.

I use org-mode to keep daily notes at work, sometimes almost stream-of-consciousness, and often wished I could digress and then pop back.

So, I present a pre-alpha version, https://gist.github.com/clsn/09ac4b098b6ad7366bb5e0bc88882d5f of org-pop-mode.  To "pop" back up, create a headline at the level you're popping back to, and give it a tag of "contd", and the headline text should not be something important.  Instructions and explanations are in the comments of the file (the part about installing from MELPA is a lie, though).

Any feedback?

~mark