From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: Standard Format for Org Outlines? Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 10:20:35 +0100 Message-ID: <87h8g63k7w.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59862) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gQU9i-0006Cb-NP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2018 04:23:17 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gQU7F-0001bC-7k for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2018 04:20:44 -0500 Received: from relay2-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.194]:49943) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gQU7F-0001Ud-1U for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2018 04:20:41 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Neil Jerram's message of "Sat, 24 Nov 2018 09:04:24 +0000") 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: Neil Jerram Cc: David Masterson , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hello, Neil Jerram writes: > On 23 November 2018 23:23:27 GMT, David Masterson wrote: >>Probably a dumb question, but is there a standard format for Org >>outlines. I'm particularly wondering about the use of blank lines. I >>prefer to have blank lines before my headings for readability, but I >>think a lot of other people work without the blank lines. I recently >>ran into a case with BeOrg where it, in fact, removed the blank lines >>when it synced my change back to my original file. That led me to >>think >>what is the standard format for an Org outline. Should I expect the >>tools to adjust to me or should I adjust to them? >>-- >>David > > Great question; I've seen and wondered the same thing. In my case it's > Orgzly that seems to like removing some blank lines - although happily > it doesn't seem to mind when I add some of them back again. Blank lines before a headline are not significant in Org syntax. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou