From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: Editing Quote blocks remotely Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:00:25 +0200 Message-ID: <87h9fd7c3q.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> References: <87oa9lhhm9.fsf@gmx.us> <87twjd7hap.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87k2k9mwio.fsf@gmx.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48657) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aoARu-0007g2-OL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2016 09:58:19 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aoARr-0001aD-Ir for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2016 09:58:18 -0400 Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.196]:49171) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aoARr-0001Zw-Bm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2016 09:58:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87k2k9mwio.fsf@gmx.us> (rasmus@gmx.us's message of "Thu, 07 Apr 2016 14:30:23 +0200") 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-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Rasmus Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Rasmus writes: > With org-narrow-to-block you have to pay attention to the boundaries of > the block, but indeed it goes most of the way. Of course it=E2=80=99s tr= ivial to > fix that. > > The nice part would be to be able to edit the content of the block in a > different buffer. It=E2=80=99s good for dumping passages and doing furth= er > editing (e.g. and emphases). C-x o C-x n b (modulo the block markers to ignore) >> Also, quote blocks are quite different from example blocks since they >> can contain other elements, including other blocks. This can lead to >> surprising behaviour, IMO. > > I=E2=80=99m not sure I see how that=E2=80=99s relevant in this case, but = I could easily be > overlooking some detail. At every buffer position within an example block, `org-element-at-point' returns an example-block element. This is not true for quote blocks. IOW, it may not be always obvious that you are within a quote block. Regards,