From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Masterson Subject: Re: Standard Format for Org Outlines? Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 20:53:18 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87h8g63k7w.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40408) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gR1PC-0001o7-T5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2018 15:53:30 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gR1P8-0006pC-NI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2018 15:53:26 -0500 Received: from mail-oln040092007035.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([40.92.7.35]:6311 helo=NAM03-CO1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gR1P7-0006oY-6g for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2018 15:53:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87h8g63k7w.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (Nicolas Goaziou's message of "Sat, 24 Nov 2018 10:20:35 +0100") Content-Language: en-US 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" To: Neil Jerram Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" Nicolas Goaziou writes: > Neil Jerram writes: >> On 23 November 2018 23:23:27 GMT, David Masterson wrote: >>>Probably a dumb question, but is there a standard format for Org >>>outlines. I'm particularly wondering about the use of blank lines. I >>>prefer to have blank lines before my headings for readability, but I >>>think a lot of other people work without the blank lines. I recently >>>ran into a case with BeOrg where it, in fact, removed the blank lines >>>when it synced my change back to my original file. That led me to >>>think what is the standard format for an Org outline. Should I >>>expect the tools to adjust to me or should I adjust to them? >> Great question; I've seen and wondered the same thing. In my case it's >> Orgzly that seems to like removing some blank lines - although happily >> it doesn't seem to mind when I add some of them back again. > Blank lines before a headline are not significant in Org syntax. Why does org-insert-heading insert a heading with a blank line after it inserts the heading while org-insert-heading-respect-context does not? Am I missing a setting? Or have I (accidently) set a setting without realizing it? I seem to recall reading something about this in the Org manual(s), but I can't find it now. -- David