From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Colin Baxter Subject: Re: Bug: malformed property drawers [8.3.6 (8.3.6-3-gf46b92-elpa @ c:/Users/atamulis/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20160919/)] Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2016 08:14:09 +0100 Message-ID: <871szz6x4u.fsf@yandex.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35614) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bqayh-0006vg-LJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2016 03:14:28 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bqayd-0000HD-FK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2016 03:14:26 -0400 Received: from forward5j.cmail.yandex.net ([5.255.227.23]:48577) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bqayc-0000Ck-4v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2016 03:14:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Andrius Tamulis's message of "Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:14:12 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: "Tamulis, Andrius" Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Wed, Sep 28 2016, Tamulis, Andrius wrote: --------- Snip ------------- > > But the better idea is to forget "fixing" these drawers. Is it truly that important to have the > SCHEDULED and DEADLINE in the line below the heading, and the PROPERTIES drawer directly > beneath? I see no programming advantage, since you need to search for these strings anyway. And I > don't like the way it looks: I use org-mode to keep todo lists and notes, I need to read the notes and > instructions I wrote to myself. These notes and instructions often are longer than the headline, so I > naturally keep reading from the headline to the line below - and then I have to skip lines with code in > them. And I'm not the only one who does not like this setup: there's code out there to completly hide > the PROPERTIES drawer so that it does not interrupt your reading. > (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17478260/completely-hide-the-properties-drawer-in-org-mode). > > So: put SCHEDULED, DEADLINE, and drawers anywhere in the item! And stop fixing the drawers! > Having experienced the same problem, I totally agree. Colin.