Re: Feature request [7.3]

From: Jeff Horn <jrhorn424@gmail.com>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Feature request [7.3]
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:37:30 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTim2ueSXbHZTwAvmFKxcSsN1gXsgqA8VXhMxKUtO@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2tyipfgex.fsf@boostpro.com>

I don't know about others, but I just put note text below everything
else, but before the next headline

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> wrote:
>
> When using Org for planning, I often find myself corrupting my Org
> files.  All kinds of things can go wrong, but the basic issue is that
> agenda items have a syntax, and it's easy to violate, especially when
> I'm going *fast*, which after all is what Org is supposed to enable!
>
> For example, a typical captured item looks like:
>
> ** TODO Set up yasnippet
>   SCHEDULED: <2010-11-22 Mon>
>   :PROPERTIES:
>   :Link: [[some-nasty-link]]
>   :ID:       A0B4159C-D796-40DF-9ADD-93DF03577B68
>   :END:
>   [2010-11-20 Sat 20:17]
>
> Now, suppose I'm looking at this in the agenda and I want to add some
> commentary.  Where should I open the new line?  If I choose wrongly, my
> agenda will start to misbehave (e.g. items will appear to be
> un-reschedulable because they'll acquire a second SCHEDULED date).
>
> So I'm requesting some more help from Org in maintaining proper Org
> syntax.  Could Org have a mode that prevents things from being modified
> incorrectly?  For example, it'd be awesome if dates were smart (TAB into
> one, hit return, get a smart date editor).  It'd be great if there were
> a way to make the ID property read-only (or really really hard to
> change).  I'd love it if there were a way to create a link to an org
> item that narrows the view to just that item, so I don't inadvertently
> mess anything else up.  Do you get the idea?
>
> Thanks for listening,
>
> --
> Dave Abrahams
> BoostPro Computing
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>
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