From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jisang Yoo Subject: Should org-narrow-to-subtree be disabled by default? Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 22:55:40 +0900 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34423) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VkDgU-0005K6-6t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Nov 2013 08:55:43 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VkDgT-0002gQ-D8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Nov 2013 08:55:42 -0500 Received: from mail-qa0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c00::234]:38496) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VkDgT-0002gG-6U for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Nov 2013 08:55:41 -0500 Received: by mail-qa0-f52.google.com with SMTP id k4so4655775qaq.4 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2013 05:55:40 -0800 (PST) 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: emacs-orgmode There are some Emacs commands that come disabled by default. narrow-to-region and narrow-to-page are examples. Emacs manual says "The purpose of disabling a command is to prevent users from executing it by accident; we do this for commands that might be confusing to the uninitiated." 80% of my mind says org-narrow-to-subtree should be disabled by default, which is not the case as of now. On the other hand, no policy says that every narrowing commands need be disabled. One knows that there is no such policy by seeing that narrow-to-defun is not disabled. That is why 20% of my mind says org-narrow-to-subtree need not come disabled. What do you think? If the overall consensus is that the command should be disabled, then incorporating that in org.el would be as simple as including: (put 'org-narrow-to-subtree 'disabled t)