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From: Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Document level property drawer
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:29:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <84eezvmodx.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87pnjgk1tz.fsf@alphapapa.net

Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net> writes:

> Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net> writes:
>>
>>> Gustav Wikström <gustav@whil.se> writes:
>>>
>>>> 3) Properties defined in a property drawer will have precedence over
>>>>    properties defined as a property keyword, if the same property is
>>>>    defined using both conventions.
>>>
>>> That protocol seems unnatural and confusing to me:
>>>
>>> - If precedence were to be defined by something other than file-order,
>>>   it seems to me that those defined with #+ keywords should have
>>>   precedence, because they are more visible, while those in drawers are
>>>   hidden.
>>> - However, it seems to me that the simplest, most natural protocol would
>>>   be for later declarations to override earlier ones.
>>
>> I think it would be quite natural to use the tree structure of Org.  A
>> property setting in a subtree overrides the setting in a parent (which
>> could be the document(= the whole file.))
>
> Hi Marco,
>
> I think you misunderstood his point #3 and my objection to it.  :)

Hi Adam,

that's possible but I don't think so.  But I'm willing to learn if
I didn't get it. :)

Possibly a concrete example can help.  Let's take Org property CATEGORY
for illustration.

First to Gustav's statement 3):

Let the file be this:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#+title: file
:PROPERTIES:
:CATEGORY: cat-doc-prop-drawer
:END:

* foo
SCHEDULED: <2019-10-02 Wed>

#+CATEGORY:  cat-doc-prop-keyword-1

** bar

:somedrawer:
#+CATEGORY:  cat-doc-prop-keyword-2
:END:
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

With Gustav's proposition the CATEGORY of task foo is
cat-doc-prop-drawer.

Next to your statements:

You say the visibility is better for the #+-property keywords.  I say
they can occur _anywhere_ in the file and even in some drawers.  See
above "#+CATEGORY:  cat-doc-prop-keyword-2".

Further you say 

>>> - However, it seems to me that the simplest, most natural protocol would
>>>   be for later declarations to override earlier ones.

This means that cat-doc-prop-keyword-2 from the example defines the
CATEGORY property which at least I find not so natural.  And I already
stated what I find natural.


Best regards,  Marco

  reply	other threads:[~2019-10-02 10:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-29 10:27 [RFC] Document level property drawer Gustav Wikström
2019-09-29 19:13 ` Marco Wahl
2019-09-30 16:01 ` Adam Porter
2019-09-30 20:46   ` Marco Wahl
2019-10-01 12:38     ` Sebastian Miele
2020-01-13 21:52       ` Marco Wahl
2020-01-15  8:18         ` Sebastian Miele
2020-02-01 19:59           ` Marco Wahl
2019-10-01 13:55     ` Adam Porter
2019-10-02 10:29       ` Marco Wahl [this message]
2019-10-03 18:06         ` Adam Porter
2019-10-04 11:05           ` Marco Wahl
2019-10-06  1:05             ` Adam Porter
2019-10-06  5:10               ` Matt Price
2019-10-15 17:49 ` Gustav Wikström
2019-10-16  0:48   ` Adam Porter
2019-10-16  9:48   ` Marco Wahl
2020-01-20  3:27 ` [Question] adding document global properties drawer stardiviner
2020-01-21 16:40   ` Nicolas Goaziou
2020-01-22 16:28     ` stardiviner
2020-01-24 23:14       ` Nicolas Goaziou
2020-02-23  7:31         ` [SOLVED] " stardiviner
2020-02-23 13:14           ` Bastien
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2019-09-30 22:09 [RFC] Document level property drawer Gustav Wikström
2019-10-03 18:31 ` Adam Porter
2019-10-04 10:38   ` Marco Wahl
2019-10-06  1:01     ` Adam Porter
2019-10-07  7:46       ` Marco Wahl
2019-10-02 20:29 Gustav Wikström
2019-10-05 18:20 Gustav Wikström
2019-10-06  0:51 ` Adam Porter
2019-10-06  5:35 Gustav Wikström
2019-10-06  6:02 Gustav Wikström
2019-10-20  2:28 Gustav Wikström
2019-10-22 21:24 ` Marco Wahl
2019-10-23  8:43 ` Marco Wahl
2019-10-23  8:59   ` Gustav Wikström
2019-10-24 21:01   ` Gustav Wikström
2019-10-25 12:58     ` Marco Wahl
2019-10-23 16:08 ` Adam Porter
2019-10-24 22:29 Gustav Wikström

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