From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jorge Subject: Re: Bug report: org-get-property-block returns nil if the entry does not start with the property drawer Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 20:59:09 -0300 Message-ID: References: <877fojqa8c.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37245) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZUO7T-0007ie-PR for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:59:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZUO7S-0006Ox-TP for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:59:11 -0400 Received: from mail-io0-x236.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c06::236]:33932) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZUO7S-0006Oj-Nl for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:59:10 -0400 Received: by iodb91 with SMTP id b91so206319480iod.1 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:59:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <877fojqa8c.fsf@gmail.com> 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: Josiah Schwab Cc: Jorge Morais , Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Josiah Schwab wrote: > This is the first item in the 8.3 series changelog. There is a provided > script to repair things. Now I see that this new requirement is documented in Info manual subsection 7.1 Property syntax. I had only checked subsection 2.8 Drawers. I didn't see the changelog because I updated through Emacs' package menu, and I intended to update frequently (including between formal releases), so I wouldn't check the changelog. I now realize that skipping the changelog is barely acceptable when you just want to use the software, but is unacceptable when you want to report regressions. Still, Org itself should interactively mention this change (pointing either to manual subsection 7.1 or to orgmode.org/Changes.html) instead of just cryptically saying "malformed drawer found". This slight increase in verbosity would help users like me and I don't see any significant downside. And please forgive any English mistake, I am Brazilian.