From: Marie-Helene Burle <mhburle@gmail.com>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] org-element-at-point: Throw an error when not in org-mode [9.7-pre (release_9.6.15-1033-gd8586f @ /home/marie/.emacs.d/straight/build/org/)]
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2024 11:53:48 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875y07lfoa.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87h6jry4oy.fsf@localhost>
I see. That makes sense.
Thank you very much for getting back to me with info. This is much appreciated!
Marie
Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:
> Marie-Helene Burle <mhburle@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Prior to org 9.7, I used to use `org-meta-return` everywhere to nicely add elements to a list. Whether in mu4e, markdown, or anywhere, typing:
>>
>> - item1 <org-meta-return>
>>
>> Would nicely give me:
>>
>> - item1
>> -
>> ...
>> So, indeed, not a bug and probably nothing you want to worry about. I'll just have to learn to live without those nice little org behaviours in non-org buffers.
>>
>> Note that the Reddit thread I linked in my prior email suggests that
>> I am not the only one who took advantage of this. I don't know what
>> org function that other user was using in non-org buffer, but it
>> used to work and stopped in 9.7.
>
> You can still use org-meta-return at your own risk if you upgrade to the
> latest Org mode. Just hide the warning message that is now displayed in
> place of the error.
>
> The reason org-meta-return and some other functions worked in the past
> is their internal implementation based on regular expressions. In the
> newer Org mode, we are switching to internal implementation based on Org
> parser - it is more accurate and fixes various bugs, but can fail
> unpredictably when not in Org mode buffer.
>
> In future, there is a chance that Org parser will be able to run without
> errors (although not necessarily accurately) in non-Org buffers, but it
> is not something I am specifically looking to fix - rather a side effect
> of some planned changes.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-05 19:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-04 20:46 [BUG] org-element-at-point: Throw an error when not in org-mode [9.7-pre (release_9.6.15-1033-gd8586f @ /home/marie/.emacs.d/straight/build/org/)] Marie-Helene Burle
2024-01-05 12:30 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-05 18:48 ` Marie-Helene Burle
2024-01-05 19:07 ` Marie-Helene Burle
2024-01-05 19:13 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-05 19:53 ` Marie-Helene Burle [this message]
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