Re: Bug: org-set-property does not leave the point still [8.1.1 (release_8.1.1-29-gc5f2ae @ /home/mboes/.emacs.d/lisp/org/lisp/)]

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

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Hi Mathieu,

thank you for your report, this is now fixed.

- Carsten

On 16.9.2013, at 00:16, Mathieu Boespflug <mboes@tweag.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> consider the following very simple org file:
> 
> * TODO Thing1[]
> 
> where "[]" marks where the point is. Now if I C-S-RET to insert a new
> TODO heading, I get
> 
> * TODO Thing1
> * TODO []
> 
> Note that there is a trailing space at the end of the last line, as
> expected. The problem is that if I now press C-c C-x p to set
> a property (any property), then I end up with the following situation:
> 
> * TODO Thing1
> * TODO
>  :PROPERTIES:
>  :PROP:     val
>  :END: []
> 
> The point is now at the end of the property drawer, rather than where it
> was before. Notice how the trailing whitespace in the heading has
> moreover been moved to after the property drawer.
> 
> Expected behaviour:
> 
> After C-c C-x p, I expect to get:
> 
> * TODO Thing1
> * TODO []
>  :PROPERTIES:
>  :PROP:     val
>  :END:
> 
> This is exactly what I get if there is *no trailing whitespace* in the
> TODO heading before hitting C-c C-x p. So it seems that the bug is that
> org-set-property does not deal well with trailing whitespace.
> 
> This is a problem because it messes up setting properties by advising
> org-insert-todo-heading, say to set a CREATED property automatically for
> new TODO items.
> 
> Emacs  : GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.2)
> of 2013-08-07 on -mnt-storage-buildroots-staging-x86_64-eric
> Package: Org-mode version 8.1.1 (release_8.1.1-29-gc5f2ae @
> /home/mboes/.emacs.d/lisp/org/lisp/)
> 


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