* Making folded items less dangerous
@ 2010-08-25 18:09 Dave Abrahams
2010-08-25 18:14 ` John Hendy
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From: Dave Abrahams @ 2010-08-25 18:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi All,
I've gotten myself in trouble several times today by backspacing after
an org-link that ends a headline. That's a typical pattern for
editing an org-link, right? Well it turns out that if the item is
folded, then the backspace writes over the end of the un-folded item
but **appears to have no effect**, and you can easily hit backspace
several times to test your sanity before you realize that something is
wrong, badly corrupting your file.
Seems to me that attempts to edit a folded item should either:
a) restrict changes to the item's headline, or
b) unfold the item and do nothing
Is there a way to set that up?
Thanks,
--
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com
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* Re: Making folded items less dangerous
2010-08-25 18:09 Making folded items less dangerous Dave Abrahams
@ 2010-08-25 18:14 ` John Hendy
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: John Hendy @ 2010-08-25 18:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dave Abrahams; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've gotten myself in trouble several times today by backspacing after
> an org-link that ends a headline. That's a typical pattern for
> editing an org-link, right? Well it turns out that if the item is
> folded, then the backspace writes over the end of the un-folded item
> but **appears to have no effect**, and you can easily hit backspace
> several times to test your sanity before you realize that something is
> wrong, badly corrupting your file.
>
> Seems to me that attempts to edit a folded item should either:
>
> a) restrict changes to the item's headline, or
> b) unfold the item and do nothing
>
I like these ideas. Or even the "this text is read only" message in the
mini-buffer when hitting delete at the ellipsis after a headline? I can see
both sides (it's come up before):
1) that it's "just text" like everything else so what should one expect but
also
2) it doesn't *behave* like text and especially for newer individuals when
you keep hitting delete because you don't get what's going on or you lose
track of the cursor and press some key combination... it is a bummer.
John
>
> Is there a way to set that up?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Dave Abrahams
> BoostPro Computing
> http://www.boostpro.com
>
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