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Subject: Re: Programming with org-element-cache -> short introduction?
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:22:54 +0200
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Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:

> Is it ok to do these two things:
>
>  - let-bind a value returned by `org-element-at-point' and modify it (with
>    plist-put), and 

No, per advice given before. `plist-put' is destructive.

Instead, create a new element. You can use `org-combine-plists' to
generate its property list.


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>  - globally set a value returned by `org-element-at-point', modify it
>    (with plist-put) in a function call, but use the variable as a quoted
>    (!) function arg and reset the original value with this trick:

Ditto.