Perfect! Thanks.

In case anyone is searching list archives... the answer is:
org-blank-before-new-entry.

James

PS Org-mode is *saving my bacon* on a big multimedia composition project due
for performance in about 2 weeks. I might have been able to keep track of
the details with something else, but the human-readable file format of
org-mode is a winner for me. So thanks for the very excellent work on a
deep, pleasant-to-use tool!


On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Carsten Dominik
<carsten.dominik@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi James,
>
> this is a FAQ:
>
>
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#blank-line-after-headlines-and-list-items
>
> - Carsten
>
>
> On Oct 8, 2010, at 11:29 AM, James Harkins wrote:
>
>  Sorry if this is an obvious question, but I'm not having much luck finding
>> the right org-mode customization options (due to the fact that there are so
>> many of them, in combination with my relative noobness).
>>
>> Here's the behavior I would like to change: I have outline headings with a
>> blank line in between, e.g.
>>
>> *** MIDI class 2 <2010-10-14 Thu 08:45>
>>
>> *** MIDI class 3 <2010-10-21 Thu 08:45>
>>
>> And I want to add more headings underneath MIDI class 2. So I put the
>> cursor at the end of the "MIDI class 2" line and hit M-return. Then I get
>> this:
>>
>> *** MIDI class 2 <2010-10-14 Thu 08:45>
>>
>> ***
>>
>> *** MIDI class 3 <2010-10-21 Thu 08:45>
>>
>> But I would rather get this:
>>
>> *** MIDI class 2 <2010-10-14 Thu 08:45>
>> ***
>>
>> *** MIDI class 3 <2010-10-21 Thu 08:45>
>>
>> I sort of understand that it's replicating the blank space between
>> headings, but I would rather put in the blank space if I want it, instead of
>> the tool assuming that I want it and then forcing me to take it out.
>>
>> Hoping for a customize option... thanks!
>> James
>>
>>
>> --
>> James Harkins /// dewdrop world
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>> http://www.dewdrop-world.net
>>
>> "Come said the Muse,
>> Sing me a song no poet has yet chanted,
>> Sing me the universal."  -- Whitman
>>
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>
> - Carsten
>
>
>
>


-- 
James Harkins /// dewdrop world
jamshark70@dewdrop-world.net
http://www.dewdrop-world.net

"Come said the Muse,
Sing me a song no poet has yet chanted,
Sing me the universal."  -- Whitman

blog: http://www.dewdrop-world.net/words
audio clips: http://www.dewdrop-world.net/audio
more audio: http://soundcloud.com/dewdrop_world/tracks