Re: Possible bug in org-cycle with property drawer

[Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>]

Bastien <bzg@altern.org> wrote:

> Hi Nick,
> 
> Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
> 
> > That's it: I had a 
> >
> > #+DRAWERS: JUNK GARBAGE TRASH
> >
> > line in the file (and I didn't report it in the original email: blush!
> > sorry about that).  Without it, the property drawer behaves normally.
> 
> Thinking again about your problem, I don't find it natural to
> have #+DRAWERS /replacing/ existing drawers specified in `org-drawers',
> instead of just adding new ones.
> 
> Do you agree?
> 
> The attached patch implements a new meaning for #+DRAWERS, as a way
> to declare "additional" drawers.
> 
> Let me know what you think, thanks!
> 

If I've learnt anything from watching the list over the years, it's that
somebody will have a need to replace existing drawers, so be prepared
for that :-)

That said, I can't think of any reason why adding to existing drawers,
instead of replacing them, would lead to problems. So I'm inclined to
agree with you. One question that might arise: are multiple
#+DRAWERS lines legal? and if so, what do they do?

I'll try to take the patch for a spin but I'm not sure when I'll be able
to do it.

Thanks,
Nick