From: "Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>
To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Bugs/features of accumulating property values when used with entries (concretely: in org-contacts)
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:03:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <80ehvnyfbp.fsf@somewhere.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 874nwkcz45.fsf@gmx.com
Hi Christophe, Eric and Thomas,
Eric Schulte wrote:
> Christoph LANGE <ch.lange-shsDHVVYhWkzrYMiTdX2twxv4HzkJkzx@public.gmane.org> writes:
>> 2011-12-26 15:50 Sebastien Vauban:
>>>> Christoph LANGE<ch.lange-shsDHVVYhWkzrYMiTdX2twxv4HzkJkzx@public.gmane.org> writes:
>>>>> 2. accumulation doesn't work within the same entry; details follow:
>>>>>
>>>>> So when I changed the above contact entry to
>>>>>
>>>>> * Contact Name
>>>>> :PROPERTIES:
>>>>> :EMAIL: foo-8kAbNik00GA@public.gmane.org
>>>>> :EMAIL+: bar-mlkRCKUPihU@public.gmane.org
>>>>> :END:
>>>>>
>>>>> I would have expected (org-entry-get (point) "EMAIL" t) to evaluate to, well,
>>>>>
>>>>> at least "foo-8kAbNik00GA@public.gmane.org bar-mlkRCKUPihU@public.gmane.org" (and in some later version of org-mode
>>>>>
>>>>> maybe to a two-item list, for even easier automated processing). But I got
>>>>>
>>>>> the following unexpected results, which indicate that accumulation is not yet
>>>>>
>>>>> supported in this context (well, if it was ever _intended_…):
>
> See the attached file for an example of working property inheritance.
> [...]
>
> * Contact Name
> :PROPERTIES:
> :FOO: 1
> :FOO+: 2
> :END:
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (org-entry-get (point) "FOO" 'inherit)
> #+end_src
>
> #+results:
> : 1
>
> While it is not possible to accumulate two properties from within the
> same block, property accumulation does successfully add to the inherited
> values of variables.
>
> I don't know if it should be possible to accumulate properties within
> the same property block. I would imagine so, in which case the behavior
> should be considered a bug.
I would say so (that it's a bug), as doing it on a file-basis (within the
"same property block") is well supported:
#+PROPERTY: FOO 1
#+PROPERTY: FOO+ 2
* Contact Name
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(org-entry-get (point) "FOO" 'inherit)
#+end_src
#+results:
: 1 2
>>> … AFAIK the `+' is only supported at this stage for the `var'
>>> property: you can't take any property and add a `+' to
>
> FALSE, the "var" property is in no way special when it comes to property
> inheritance. All properties are treated equally.
Sorry for insinuating it otherwise. And thanks for the correction!
Best regards,
Seb
--
Sebastien Vauban
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-29 8:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-16 14:28 Bugs/features of accumulating property values when used with entries (concretely: in org-contacts) Christoph LANGE
2011-12-26 14:16 ` Bastien
2011-12-26 14:50 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-12-28 18:17 ` Christoph LANGE
2011-12-28 18:47 ` Eric Schulte
2011-12-29 8:03 ` Sebastien Vauban [this message]
2011-12-28 18:54 ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-01-21 5:48 ` Samuel Wales
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