From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Porter Subject: Re: [RFC] Document level property drawer Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:55:04 -0500 Message-ID: <87pnjgk1tz.fsf@alphapapa.net> References: <87eezxrcwv.fsf@alphapapa.net> <84tv8tjywm.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34172) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iFIhC-0004Ze-2q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 10:00:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iFIhA-0004kd-TH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 10:00:05 -0400 Received: from 195-159-176-226.customer.powertech.no ([195.159.176.226]:38200 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iFIhA-0004iO-MS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 10:00:04 -0400 Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iFIh8-000ifc-LE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 16:00:02 +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" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Marco Wahl writes: > Adam Porter writes: > >> Gustav Wikström writes: >> >>> 3) Properties defined in a property drawer will have precedence over >>> properties defined as a property keyword, if the same property is >>> defined using both conventions. >> >> That protocol seems unnatural and confusing to me: >> >> - If precedence were to be defined by something other than file-order, >> it seems to me that those defined with #+ keywords should have >> precedence, because they are more visible, while those in drawers are >> hidden. >> - However, it seems to me that the simplest, most natural protocol would >> be for later declarations to override earlier ones. > > I think it would be quite natural to use the tree structure of Org. A > property setting in a subtree overrides the setting in a parent (which > could be the document(= the whole file.)) Hi Marco, I think you misunderstood his point #3 and my objection to it. :)