Re: how to change the headline starter *

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

On 16.7.2011, at 12:31, Bastien wrote:

> Hi Carsten,
> 
> Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Org-mocde has many syntax elements using many characters, and
>> any modification of the headline character would likely
>> lead to conflicts in other areas.  So I do not recommend
>> even trying to change this.  Outline-mode is a general mode
>> to do outlining and can change this.  Org-mode is a specific
>> file format.
> 
> This confirms my intuition that the "*" should be hardcoded.

One argument against hardcoding would be that you can use org-cycle
in other modes, with outline-minor-mode, and I think a number of people
make use of this.

Of cause, if indeed an interesting speed bump can be achieved, we
can provide a stand-alone org-cycle, maybe even integrate it into
outline-mode itself.

- Carsten

> 
> I will work on a patch to this effect and submit it to the list, 
> I even expect there will be some performance boost.
> 
> Thanks for your input!
> 
> -- 
> Bastien