From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: bad habit (deleting elipses in folded tree) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 14:24:57 +0200 Message-ID: References: <7bef1f890909010232k2d2ba5fnde4c81e8e3ab40c0@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MiSQI-0003eF-8T for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:25:18 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MiSQB-0003cP-Vz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:25:16 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58150 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MiSQA-0003bo-IN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:25:11 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f217.google.com ([209.85.219.217]:39292) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MiSQA-0001Sr-1X for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:25:10 -0400 Received: by ewy17 with SMTP id 17so3912764ewy.2 for ; Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:25:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <7bef1f890909010232k2d2ba5fnde4c81e8e3ab40c0@mail.gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Alan E. Davis" Cc: org-mode I would NEVER EVER EVER delete naked ellipses, this is dangerous. Press `C-c C-r' in their vicinity, this should hopefully fix the problem. Otherwise, `M-x show-all' will always do the trick. - Carsten On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:32 AM, Alan E. Davis wrote: > I have a bad habit. How can I defeat it? > > Often an elipsis ("...") is seen at the bottom of a new entry from a > remember template. I find myself deleting them, compulsively. I'm > not so sure, but I THINK that sometimes this is ok, and I now am > afraid I have discovered that at some times a whole bunch of pre- > exiisting entries are deleted when I delete the elipsis. > > What's the scoop about elipses? Which variables are relevant? Can > I defeat this habit by reconfiguring, or do I have to force myself > to have better habits? > > Thank you, > > Alan Davis > > > You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, > but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever > about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's > doing---that's what counts. > > ----Richard Feynman > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode