Hi Austin,

yes, this is something I have been missing myself.

However, the problem is the following:

orgstruct-mode is a mode that steals away bindings from the major mode
and overrules them in certain contexts.  In general, it does make sense
to keep the regions where this applies small, so that the normal
functions bound to the same keys can do there thing everywhere else.

You are describing here a case, where you actually never want to use
the original function of that key M-RET, right?

In this case you can just totally rebind that key with something like

(defun org-run-insert-heading ()
    (interactive)
    (run-like-in-org-mode 'org-insert-heading))

and binding it to M-RET in the major mode map.

What I have now done as well is to extend orgstruct++-mode so that it  
will
do what you ask for.  You neet to pull the git version for this change.

- Carsten


On Feb 22, 2009, at 12:23 AM, Austin Frank wrote:

> Hi all--
>
> In normal org buffers, creating a new list item works fine at the  
> end of
> a multi-line list item, or on the line following a multi-line list  
> item,
> even if the multi-line item covers lots of lines.  In orgstruct- 
> mode, it
> seems that new items can't be inserted unless the current line is a  
> list
> item.
>
> Can orgstruct-mode be made to be as good as org-mode at recognizing  
> when
> it's in a plain list?  It'd be nice to be able to create a new list  
> item
> after a multi-line item in orgstruct-mode.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1. emacs -Q -nw test.txt
> 2. `M-:' (require 'org-install)
> 3. `M-x orgstruct-mode'
> 4. Create a list item like
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> - item 1
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> 5. `M-return' to get a new list item
> 6. `C-u C-4 C-0 x SPC C-u C-4 C-0 x' to get two long "words"
> 7. `M-q' to wrap the long list item.  Now looks like:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> - item 1
> - xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> 8a. At the end of the third line, try to add a new list item with
>    `M-return'.  I get the message:
>
> #v+
> orgstruct-error: This key has no function outside structure elements
> #v-
>
> 8b. At the beginning of a new line below the third line, hit
>    `M-return'.  Same error.
>
> Expected behavior:
> Following the same sequence in org-mode, steps 8a and 8b will both
> result in a new list item being created correctly.
>
>
> This took me longer to figure out than it should have, but this also  
> has
> an unpleasant interaction with the default keybindings for message- 
> mode.
> If I am writing an email and try to insert a new list item after a
> wrapped like using `M-return' I end up invoking
> `message-newline-and-reformat', which moves me down a line and then
> inserts four blank lines-- not what I wanted to do!  If orgstruct-mode
> learns to recognize when it's in plain list context, this problem will
> disappear :)
>
> Thanks!
> /au
>
>
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