From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: William Gardella Subject: Re: Continuation of main section text after subsections ? Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:26:38 -0400 Message-ID: <87hbaodzld.fsf@lw-wireless-pittnet-40-144.wireless.pitt.edu> References: <20110327170251.58923564@hsdev.com> <81tyeotvzo.fsf@gmail.com> <20110327181155.054fecf2@hsdev.com> <87vcz4ebu9.fsf@lw-wireless-pittnet-40-144.wireless.pitt.edu> <87oc4web3g.fsf@lw-wireless-pittnet-40-144.wireless.pitt.edu> <87oc4w1fil.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33298 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q3xTh-00028P-OO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:26:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3xTg-00045U-H3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:26:29 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:52115) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3xTg-00044p-24 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:26:28 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3xTe-00024C-1r for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:26:26 +0200 Received: from c-24-3-20-47.hsd1.pa.comcast.net ([24.3.20.47]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:26:26 +0200 Received: from gardellawg by c-24-3-20-47.hsd1.pa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:26:26 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Achim Gratz writes: > William Gardella writes: >> I think org-mode should aim to be flexible enough to accomodate all >> writers, writing tasks, and writing styles. > > With flexibility comes complexity, which runs counter to "org should be > simple". > Agreed, but I'd say org is already one of the most complex projects in Emacs. Its *apparent* simplicity for new victims--er, users--is a feature worth keeping, of course. :) >> Maybe for this particular issue it would be enough to give org-mode >> an explicit way to "close" a heading--an Org-wide equivalent to >> \end{section} in LaTeX, say. > > There already is: you simply start a new section for each "thought", > preferrably wih no whitespace after the heading so it becomes a visual > unit that just folds away when outlined. I've been doing that with > Outline Mode and AuCTeX and it is actually much easier to do in orgmode. > Once you get your thoughts into the proper order by sorting the > "headlines", you can then insert, remove, edit, de- and promote the > headings to finalize the document into something more readable. In my > experience, there rarely is a need to change the first level structure. > However, if you are organizing the structure of your document while the > content is still largely absent, then (as has already been suggested) it > is easier in orgmode to do that in a list. List items can be converted > into headings and vice versa quite easily. > > > Regards, > Achim. I use a workflow similar to this, using subheadings to allow for easier reordering of paragraphs/thoughts. I guess it's good to keep in mind that using Org as a word processor (rather like using Gnus as a mailclient) requires some rethinking and reevaluation of how one might otherwise do things. And maybe a change in approach is a better idea when a technical fix might make org's markup or parser unnecessarily complex. -- William Gardella J.D. Candidate Class of 2011, University of Pittsburgh School of Law