killing all contents of a headline

killing all contents of a headline

[42 147]

Title is self-explanatory. Is there a command that lets me place the
cursor on a headline and delete its contents (i.e., all of its text)?

Re: killing all contents of a headline

[Daimrod]

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42 147 <aeuster@gmail.com> writes:

> Title is self-explanatory. Is there a command that lets me place the
> cursor on a headline and delete its contents (i.e., all of its text)?

I don't think know if this command exists, but, assuming your cursor
is on the headline you can:
1. copy the title (C-a C-c SPC C-e M-w)
2. cut the subtree (C-c C-x C-w)
3. paste the previously copied headline C-y M-y

If you find yourself doing this very often you could put it in a
keyboardmacro.

-- 
Daimrod/Greg

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Re: killing all contents of a headline

[Marcel van der Boom]

On Tue 19-Feb-2013 06:01
42 147 <aeuster@gmail.com> wrote:

> Title is self-explanatory. Is there a command that lets me place the
> cursor on a headline and delete its contents (i.e., all of its text)?

If you have the subtree collapsed and with your point on the heading,
'org-kill-line' kills the heading plus the content below it. It is
bound to C-k by default I think.

So, a clever combination of 'org-cycle' and 'org-kill-line' could be
combined to form one command to kill a heading and its contents,
regardless of the collapsed state.

hth

marcel
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Re: killing all contents of a headline

[Bastien]

42 147 <aeuster@gmail.com> writes:

> Title is self-explanatory. Is there a command that lets me place the
> cursor on a headline and delete its contents (i.e., all of its text)?

C-c @ C-w

When using speedy commands (setq org-use-speed-commands t)

. C-w 

at the beginning of a headline.

I'm willing to update the "." speedy command and use "@" instead
to be consistent with the "C-c @" command.

-- 
 Bastien

Re: killing all contents of a headline

[Suvayu Ali]

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On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 01:09:30PM +0100, Bastien wrote:
> When using speedy commands (setq org-use-speed-commands t)
> 
> . C-w 
> 
> at the beginning of a headline.
> 
> I'm willing to update the "." speedy command and use "@" instead
> to be consistent with the "C-c @" command.

Yes that would be good.  To save you some work, I attached a patch.

-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.

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From 664f375b7c2f65269e730fdb870cf81cd01f2bf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:40:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Change default org-mark-subtree speed command

* org.el (org-speed-commands-default): Change default binding
  for org-mark-subtree from "." to "@" to be more consistent with "C-c
  @".

TINYCHANGE
---
 lisp/org.el | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 91763d3..85a6a4a 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -18658,7 +18658,7 @@ BEG and END default to the buffer boundaries."
     ("^" . org-sort)
     ("w" . org-refile)
     ("a" . org-archive-subtree-default-with-confirmation)
-    ("." . org-mark-subtree) ;; FIXME Better use @ (see C-c @) here?
+    ("@" . org-mark-subtree)
     ("#" . org-toggle-comment)
     ("Clock Commands")
     ("I" . org-clock-in)
-- 
1.8.1.2

Re: killing all contents of a headline

[Bastien]

Hi Suvayu,

Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> writes:

> Yes that would be good.  To save you some work, I attached a patch.

Applied, thanks a lot!

-- 
 Bastien

Re: killing all contents of a headline

[42 147]

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Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> writes:

>> to be consistent with the "C-c @" command.
>
> Yes that would be good.  To save you some work, I attached a patch.
>

Precisely what I was looking for. I'm always up for macro creation, but
I didn't want to do so if a command already existed. Always looking to
expand my org-vocabulary.

The @ replacement is also a sensible idea -- can either of you send me
the source code for this? Or how would I update my org-mode to include
it?

Not exactly well-versed in Emacs,

John


2013/2/19 Bastien <bzg@altern.org>

> 42 147 <aeuster@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Title is self-explanatory. Is there a command that lets me place the
> > cursor on a headline and delete its contents (i.e., all of its text)?
>
> C-c @ C-w
>
> When using speedy commands (setq org-use-speed-commands t)
>
> . C-w
>
> at the beginning of a headline.
>
> I'm willing to update the "." speedy command and use "@" instead
> to be consistent with the "C-c @" command.
>
> --
>  Bastien
>

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Re: killing all contents of a headline

[Bastien]

Hi John,

42 147 <aeuster@gmail.com> writes:

> The @ replacement is also a sensible idea -- can either of you send
> me the source code for this? Or how would I update my org-mode to
> include it?

If you want to use Org development branch, simply clone and build:

~$ git clone git://orgmode.org/org-mode.git
~$ cd org-mode
~$ make

Then make sure you set the correct `load-path'.

See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.

The change Suvayu sent is now in master.

> Not exactly well-versed in Emacs,

You'll soon get hooked, dont worry :)

-- 
 Bastien

Re: killing all contents of a headline

[42 147]

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Thanks, the update worked, however with some post-update oddities:

org-hide-leading stars t hides the stars -- but only if I manually switch
from the Emacs default color theme to my favorite one
(color-theme-renegade). If I leave (color-theme-renegade) in my init, on
boot-up, org-mode does not hide the stars.

This never used to happen.

Secondly, now I have a bunch of information in my modeline that I had
customized out -- the names of headlines and sub-headlines at point.

While a nice feature, I prefer my modeline *only* to read what I had before
(the git branch I am on).

2013/2/19 Bastien <bzg@altern.org>

> Hi John,
>
> 42 147 <aeuster@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > The @ replacement is also a sensible idea -- can either of you send
> > me the source code for this? Or how would I update my org-mode to
> > include it?
>
> If you want to use Org development branch, simply clone and build:
>
> ~$ git clone git://orgmode.org/org-mode.git
> ~$ cd org-mode
> ~$ make
>
> Then make sure you set the correct `load-path'.
>
> See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
>
> The change Suvayu sent is now in master.
>
> > Not exactly well-versed in Emacs,
>
> You'll soon get hooked, dont worry :)
>
> --
>  Bastien
>

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Re: killing all contents of a headline

[Suvayu Ali]

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:40:31AM -0500, 42 147 wrote:
> The @ replacement is also a sensible idea -- can either of you send me
> the source code for this? Or how would I update my org-mode to include
> it?

Take a look at the following FAQ and the two after:

  <http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#updating-org>

-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.