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From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>
Subject: Re: What is the difference between `org-narrow-to-subtree' and
 `org-narrow-to-element'?
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 22:05:11 +0200
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On 2018-10-08, at 17:47, Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi!
>
>> I found these two commands.  They seem to do the same thing.  What is
>> the difference?
>
> This is an example illustrating the difference.
>
> - Have point on the *table* of the following subtree.
>
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> * foo
>
> | foo | foo |
> | foo | foo |
>
> * bar
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
>
> - Use command `org-narrow-to-subtree'.  See the effect.
> - Use command `widen' to get rid of the restriction.
> - Make sure to have point on the table of the subtree again.
> - Use command `org-narrow-to-element.  See the effect.
> - Compare!

Thanks, it did not occur to me that "element" may be something other
than a "subtree"!

Best,

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Marcin Borkowski
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