From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephan Schmitt Subject: Re: PROPERTIES before the first headline Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:06:03 +0100 Message-ID: <4B7BF7CB.8090401@cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <4B7B6EA2.7030606@gmail.com> <4B7BF6D6.4030603@cs.tu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NhkXt-0005w3-3V for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:06:29 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=34197 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NhkXr-0005v9-Qy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:06:28 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NhkXq-000887-LX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:06:27 -0500 Received: from mail.cs.tu-berlin.de ([130.149.17.13]:43664) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NhkXq-00087p-F7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:06:26 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost-12225.cs.tu-berlin.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B30C35AFA for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:06:25 +0100 (MET) In-Reply-To: <4B7BF6D6.4030603@cs.tu-berlin.de> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Christian Wittern Cc: Org Mode Mailing List Forgot to say: yes, I think it is intentional that this does not work before the first headline (properties belong to headlines not to files) But maybe it would make sense to allow for "file properties". Also sprach Stephan Schmitt: > Hi Christian, > > you forgot the colon after PROPERTY, > i.e. the following line at the beginning > of the buffer does work: > > #+PROPERTY: myprop don't ask > > (don't forget to refresh the buffer > setup by typing C-c C-c with the cursor > in that line). > > Then the call > > (org-entry-get (point) "myprop" t) > > returns "don't ask". Note the third > argument (t), which allows inheritance. > > Hth, > Stephan > > Also sprach Christian Wittern: >> Hi there, >> >> Extending my use of org-mode has left >> me running into another wall: I would >> like to set some custom properties >> globally for the whole file, before >> everything else. There does not seem >> to be a way to do this >> >> #+PROPERTY myprop don't ask >> >> and having the :PROPERTY: drawer after >> the #+ lines also does not seem to >> work: Whenever I try to use the API >> functions to get at the property, I am >> told that I am before the first >> headling (which I know). So, is this >> behavior intentional? And if yes, is >> there a way to work around this? >> >> All the best, >> >> Christian >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode -- -------------------------------------------- Stephan Schmitt Neural Information Processing Group Fac. IV - Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Berlin University of Technology Office: +49 30 - 314 24 158 Mobile: +49 179 - 593 84 48 Email: echo 'drmabuse at cs x tu-berlin x de' \ | sed -e 's/ x /\./g' -e 's/ at /@/' --------------------------------------------