* Order of items after a headline in an Org outline?
@ 2019-02-09 20:39 David Masterson
2019-02-09 21:12 ` Richard Lawrence
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From: David Masterson @ 2019-02-09 20:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Is there a documented requirement of the order of things in a Org
outline? For instance, do these things have to come directly after the
headline and, if so, in what order? Will Org get confused otherwise?
* PROPERTY drawer
* Timestamp
* SCHEDULED and DEADLINE
* Notes
--
David
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2019-02-09 20:39 Order of items after a headline in an Org outline? David Masterson
@ 2019-02-09 21:12 ` Richard Lawrence
2019-02-11 22:20 ` David Masterson
2019-02-09 21:22 ` Marco Wahl
2019-02-10 12:31 ` Bernt Hansen
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From: Richard Lawrence @ 2019-02-09 21:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Masterson, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Hi David,
David Masterson <dsmasterson@outlook.com> writes:
> Is there a documented requirement of the order of things in a Org
> outline?
My understanding is that a lot of work in recent years has gone into
making Org's syntax more consistent, and this is an ongoing effort. So,
sometimes things still work if they're not in the proper order, but I
wouldn't count on them remaining so. Your best bet is just to use Org's
functions for inserting and modifying these things, e.g., org-schedule
to schedule something.
You might find this helpful:
https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html
> For instance, do these things have to come directly after the
> headline and, if so, in what order? Will Org get confused otherwise?
The correct order is:
> * SCHEDULED and DEADLINE
> * PROPERTY drawer
and then notes. (Timestamps can occur anywhere within notes.) e.g.:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Sample Headline
DEADLINE: <2019-02-11 Mon> SCHEDULED: <2019-02-10 Sun>
:PROPERTIES:
:FOO: bar
:END:
Here I am typing some notes, late in the evening on [2019-02-09 Sat]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hope that helps!
--
Best,
Richard
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* Re: Order of items after a headline in an Org outline?
2019-02-09 20:39 Order of items after a headline in an Org outline? David Masterson
2019-02-09 21:12 ` Richard Lawrence
@ 2019-02-09 21:22 ` Marco Wahl
2019-02-11 22:21 ` David Masterson
2019-02-10 12:31 ` Bernt Hansen
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Marco Wahl @ 2019-02-09 21:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi David,
> Is there a documented requirement of the order of things in a Org
> outline?
Yes. See https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html.
> For instance, do these things have to come directly after the
> headline and, if so, in what order? Will Org get confused otherwise?
This is possible, I guess.
I recommend you follow the link above. But to be explicit: the expected
order is:
HEADLINE
PLANNING
PROPERTYDRAWER
where PLANNING and PROPERTYDRAWER are optional each.
Timestamps may occur in the HEADLINE, in the PROPERTYDRAWER and below.
You may also consider to use M-x org-lint in you Org file to check these
requirements (and more.)
HTH, Marco
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* Re: Order of items after a headline in an Org outline?
2019-02-09 20:39 Order of items after a headline in an Org outline? David Masterson
2019-02-09 21:12 ` Richard Lawrence
2019-02-09 21:22 ` Marco Wahl
@ 2019-02-10 12:31 ` Bernt Hansen
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From: Bernt Hansen @ 2019-02-10 12:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Masterson; +Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
David Masterson <dsmasterson@outlook.com> writes:
> Is there a documented requirement of the order of things in a Org
> outline? For instance, do these things have to come directly after the
> headline and, if so, in what order? Will Org get confused otherwise?
> * PROPERTY drawer
> * Timestamp
> * SCHEDULED and DEADLINE
> * Notes
>
> --
> David
I use M-x org-lint to report problems so I can manually fix them in my
org-files. Otherwise I don't worry about the ordering.
Regards,
Bernt
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