Re: Re: Feature Request? #+CONFIG keyword - to abstract more configuration into org files,

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Cc: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>,
	Tim O'Callaghan <tim.ocallaghan@gmail.com>,
	org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Re: Feature Request? #+CONFIG keyword - to abstract more configuration into org files,
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:28:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E0E34580-E7CB-471A-85FD-2A256FA33BCF@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2d44fjhyg.fsf@fastmail.fm>

On Oct 22, 2009, at 10:23 PM, Matt Lundin wrote:

> Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> writes:
>
>> "Tim O'Callaghan" <tim.ocallaghan@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Expand the #+<KEYWORD> in-org file configuration possibilities with
>>> a #+CONFIG or similar keyword.
>>>
>>> The idea being to abstract more configuration into actual org files,
>>> and let extensions have an easy way to use #+KEYWORD  
>>> configuration.  I
>>> expect it could also be used to auto-load suitably registered
>>> extensions/contributions.
>>>
>>> So for example, my org-action-verb extension might use a line like:
>>>
>>> #+CONFIG org-action-verb TODO|NEXT Address Ask Buy Change Clarify
>>>
>>> Where there is handler function CONFIG:org-action-verb, that is
>>> defined as auto-loadable and called with the rest of the line to
>>> configure the extension.
>>>
>>> I guess this mechanism could also be extended to abstract more
>>> core-org configuration - such as agenda keys, stuck projects, or
>>> whatever.
>>>
>>> what do people think?
>>
>> Can you use the #+BIND: keyword to set arbitrary variables and  
>> achieve
>> the same result?
>
> If I understand it correctly, #+BIND only works for export related
> variables.

Nope, it works for any variables.  It is special that is *also* works  
for export variables, which is complicated because the *output buffer*  
is current when export happens, so local variables would be out of  
scope.

- Carsten

>
> For local options that are not part of the default in-buffer syntax, I
> use Local Variables. E.g.,
>
> ,----
> | * COMMENT Local Variables
> | # Local Variables:
> | # org-footnote-section: "References"
> | # End:
> `----
>
> Best,
> Matt
>
>
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- Carsten