From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Giovanni Ridolfi Subject: Re: Quick note about subtree copy and paste Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:03:52 +0100 Message-ID: <83d3o3lepj.fsf@yahoo.it> References: <4D25FA8E.4040308@sift.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51587 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pceo5-0000hj-04 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:02:42 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pceo3-00088K-Gj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:02:40 -0500 Received: from nm8.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.146.182.249]:21259) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pceo3-00087v-8d for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:02:39 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4D25FA8E.4040308@sift.info> (Robert Goldman's message of "Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:23:26 -0600") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: rpgoldman@sift.info Cc: Org Mode Robert Goldman writes: > I just did a copy and paste and noticed that when I did so the copied > properties included the ID which, after being copied, meant that the > unique identifier became a non-unique identifier. Well, you shouldn't ! ;-) If you have to copy/paste a subtree, please... *clone* it. manual: Structure editing: `C-c C-x c' (`org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift') (then the :ID: is changed) Giovanni