From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Lundin Subject: Re: Tagging a region of text without creating a branch Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:53:40 -0400 Message-ID: <87r5tc919n.wl@imapmail.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MwEyV-0004VQ-5l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:53:35 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MwEyQ-0004Oo-K7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:53:34 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39776 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MwEyQ-0004Of-Dh for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:53:30 -0400 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:38665) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MwEyQ-0001Lx-1m for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:53:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: 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: bar tomas Cc: Org Mode List bar tomas wrote: > > Hi, > Maybe I use orgmode in a quirky way, but I often find the need of > tagging internal regions. > > I don't have a problem with a creating a heading but what I find > sometimes inconvenient is that implicitely everything that comes after > the created headingis in it's scope until the next heading. > I mean, don't you ever come across a situation like the following? > > * idea1 > Notes about idea1 > More notes about idea1 > still more about idea1 IMO, this is precisely the strength of outlines. You can create subheadings to organize/categorize your thoughts. But perhaps I still misunderstand what you are trying to do? I like to think of org outline headings as data containers or "database records." You attach metadata (tags, todos, properties, etc.) to the container. > > and you'd like to tag the second line (and only second line with > :tellSueAboutIt:). If I understand correctly the only way to do this > with headings is: > > * idea1 > Notes about idea1 > ** :tellSueAboutIt: > More notes about idea1 > ** :DontTellSueAboutIt: > still more about idea1 > > This is very cumbersome and conceptually confusing.z It would be > really convenient to sometimes be able to tag an internal region. > Someone mentioned inline tasks. Is this possible with inline tasks? Yes. As Bernt suggested, I think inline tasks would achieve your ends very well here. Inline tasks act like normal headlines for the purposes of the agenda --- i.e., they will appear in your searches. But they will not be exported. Neither will they open with other headlines during cycling. You can create inline tasks by creating really deep outline headlings (I believe the default is 15). Here's an example: * idea1 Notes about idea1 * *** An inline task :tellSueAboutIt: More notes about idea1 * *** Another inline task :DontTellSueAboutIt: still more about idea1 See the variables org-inlinetask-export and org-inlinetask-min-level. BTW, There is a mode (freex-mode) that uses pymacs and an external database to enable tagging of selected "nuggets" of text. But I don't believe that it works with org-mode. I you don't mind the external dependencies, you might want to check it out. http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs/FreexMode Hope this helps! Matt