From: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
To: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Feature request [7.3]
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:42:53 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2lj3zkz0y.wl%dave@boostpro.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vd33xqzx.fsf@ucl.ac.uk>
At Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:57:54 +0000,
Eric S Fraga wrote:
>
> Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> writes:
>
> [...]
>
> >> > It'd be great if there were a way to make the ID property
> >> > read-only (or really really hard to change).
> >>
> >> This is where column mode comes in quite handy?
> >
> > Link please?
>
> Apologies; I meant column view within org mode: info -> org ->
> Properties and Columns -> Column view
Wow, having that on completely messes up the agenda view!
> [...]
>
> > But the point is that these are just examples. I think Org wasn't
> > designed with the idea that it would end up having much of a
> > "grammar," but it grew one. I'm arguing for a UI re-think for the
> > tool Org has become.
>
> Yes, I can see what you are getting at. However, one of the nicest
> things about org is that it doesn't necessarily impose a structure on
> everything and so a formal grammar could get in the way.
I'm not asking to change the grammar, I'm just asking the editor to be
smarter about the grammar that has actually evolved.
> One could argue that the flexibility of the system is it's main
> source of effectiveness!
Could, but total flexibility doesn't work for everyone.
> That and the fact that it is based on pure
> text. However, this doesn't argue against improvements in the user
> interface when necessary!
...or even "when possible?"
--
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-09 10:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-07 20:59 Feature request [7.3] Dave Abrahams
2010-12-08 4:37 ` Jeff Horn
2010-12-08 16:20 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-12-09 2:48 ` Dave Abrahams
2010-12-09 8:57 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-12-09 10:42 ` Dave Abrahams [this message]
2010-12-08 17:41 ` Manish
2010-12-08 22:14 ` Dave Abrahams
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