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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Philipp Kiefer <phil.kiefer@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Make org-paste-subtree more predictable and useful
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 08:04:45 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r0vs8e02.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEGK9xkKyVP-rpW1MqQnrQkLUzc+bPjj06F0A7vkA_qGzFgR7A@mail.gmail.com>

Philipp Kiefer <phil.kiefer@gmail.com> writes:

> Unfortunately, org-paste-subtree currently attempts to "modify the level of
> the subtree to make sure the tree fits in nicely at the yank position"
> [from Org Manual].
> ...
> My suggestion would be to make a fundamental change to how the command
> works, prioritizing definite A) or B) type results over the current vague
> "the tree fits in nicely" approach. IMHO the default should be to yank at
> the same level as the focused heading. Then, if the C-u 0 numeric prefix
> (which currently produces an error message) were used to yank at one level
> below that (as subheadings of the focused heading), the functionality of
> the other numeric prefixes to set the yank level could be preserved.

AFAIU, `org-paste-subtree' already does what you want for the most part.
See the function docstring:

    Paste the clipboard as a subtree, with modification of headline level.
    
    The entire subtree is promoted or demoted in order to match a new headline
    level.
    
    If the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, the same level as
    that headline is used to paste the tree.
    
    If not, the new level is derived from the *visible* headings
    before and after the insertion point, and taken to be the inferior headline
    level of the two.  So if the previous visible heading is level 3 and the
    next is level 4 (or vice versa), level 4 will be used for insertion.
    This makes sure that the subtree remains an independent subtree and does
    not swallow low level entries.

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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  reply	other threads:[~2023-01-18  8:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-17 20:14 Make org-paste-subtree more predictable and useful Philipp Kiefer
2023-01-18  8:04 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2023-01-18 15:41   ` Philipp Kiefer
2023-01-19  9:44     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-19 17:31       ` Philipp Kiefer
2023-01-20 10:12         ` [BUG] org-paste-subtree level when point is in the middle of a heading (was: Make org-paste-subtree more predictable and useful) Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-20 10:21         ` [FR] Add C-u and C-u C-u prefix arguments to org-paste-subtree " Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-20 19:27           ` Philipp Kiefer

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