From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: how to change the headline starter * Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:16:26 +0200 Message-ID: <28E8C3C2-BF94-4072-88DB-88CD05EB775C@gmail.com> References: <1240511841.2591431310664738370.JavaMail.root@zimbra29-e5.priv.proxad.net> <6820.1310666504@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <616D63EE-FB0A-4A33-8DB2-4A241A4AE45A@gmail.com> <87bowujunf.fsf@altern.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:45483) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qj2fm-00073k-Hq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:16:48 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qj2fk-00018R-Pz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:16:46 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f52.google.com ([209.85.161.52]:36497) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qj2fk-00018N-3D for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:16:44 -0400 Received: by fxd18 with SMTP id 18so6333652fxd.39 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:16:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87bowujunf.fsf@altern.org> 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-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bastien Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, harven@free.fr On 16.7.2011, at 12:31, Bastien wrote: > Hi Carsten, > > Carsten Dominik 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