From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
To: Reid Priedhorsky <reid@reidster.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: rebinding Tab key
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 18:47:06 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <10242.1337035626@alphaville> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Reid Priedhorsky <reid@reidster.net> of "Mon, 14 May 2012 11:10:28 MDT." <4FB13C84.4060408@reidster.net>
Reid Priedhorsky <reid@reidster.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm an org-mode newbie just getting started. I use a lot of other
> software where Tab means "indent this outline item more" and Shift-Tab
> means "indent this outline item less", so I'd like to make org-mode
> behave consistently. Also, I use Meta-Right/Left in other contexts for
> expanding and collapsing outline; again, I'd like to make org-mode
> consistent.
>
> (I've looked in the FAQ and manual, and searched the web and the
> mailing list but didn't come up with anything. I apologize in advance
> if I've missed something.)
>
> More specifically, I'd like the following keybindings:
>
> M-RIGHT - progressively expand headline
> if headline is in state OVERVIEW, change to CONTENTS
> if headline is in CONTENTS, change to SHOW ALL
> if headline is in SHOW ALL, do nothing
>
> M-LEFT - progressively collapse headline
> if headline is in SHOW ALL, change to CONTENTS
> if headline is in CONTENTS, change to OVERVIEW
> if headline is in OVERVIEW, do nothing
>
> M-S-RIGHT - progressively expand whole file
> M-S-LEFT - progressively collapse whole file
> same as without Shift, but apply to whole file instead of headline
>
> TAB - demote current subtree (what's now bound to M-S-RIGHT)
> S-TAB - promote current subtree (now bound to M-S-LEFT)
>
> I see that TAB normally does a lot of other stuff in addition to
> rotating states. It would be nice to keep this, but I'm willing to
> give it up for now.
>
> Is this possible to do this without writing a lot of elisp? I know
> very little elisp; I did find the definition of org-cycle in org.el,
> but I think hacking it is beyond me (for the amount of effort I'm
> willing to invest).
>
My gut feeling (and it's only that: I may well be wrong) is that if you
follow this path, you are in for a world of hurt: you'll be fighting
*against* org all the time and in the end you will lose[fn:1]. My advice is
to leave well enough alone.
Nick
Footnotes:
[fn:1] That's a lesson I've learnt from similar experiences, not with
emacs/org perhaps, but with various other pieces of software:
NetworkManager, PulseAudio, now with Unity. In most cases, I've
lost: either I've given in (Network Manager - still hate it but
it works better than anything I've cooked up), or couldn't live
with it and removed the miscreant (PulseAudio), or am still
struggling with it (Unity - but in the end probably it will go,
just as with PulseAudio). With all these things, you can bend
them a little to your will but if you try too hard, something
will break. Emacs/org is more malleable than most but what you
are describing strikes me as trying to bend things too far.
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