From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kyle Meyer Subject: Re: Valid use cases for lists? Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:00:56 -0400 Message-ID: <87vbcbgi9z.fsf@kyleam.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54488) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZS9Xm-0001ZP-Mw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:01:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZS9Xj-0008CQ-Fw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:01:06 -0400 Received: from mail-qg0-f41.google.com ([209.85.192.41]:36399) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZS9Xj-0008CJ-Cl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:01:03 -0400 Received: by qgeb6 with SMTP id b6so13161517qge.3 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:01:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Chris Patti's message of "Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:32:22 -0400") 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-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Chris Patti Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Chris Patti writes: > Can anyone give me an example of when it's a good idea to use lists > rather than headlines? I think there are quite a few, but here's one example. I keep a heading with a list of links to potentially interesting articles that I don't have time to process at the moment when I encounter them. I capture new links (with no description) as items under this heading. I don't want to use a separate heading for each link because I don't want to think about a name to give the heading. I just want a list of links where I can check off items when I get around to visiting them. > They feel rather like a violation of the principle of least surprise > to me, because when you use them, and then try to use pretty much any > other Org feature on them (marking them as a TODO item, tagging, etc.) > it doesn't work because lists aren't meant to be used that way. That is pretty much how I decide. If I think I need heading-specific features, I use headings. -- Kyle