From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Drawers for plain old stuff Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 09:24:40 +0200 Message-ID: <66ACEB07-AB9B-4BA1-BC09-3AAC84B559AA@science.uva.nl> References: <7bef1f890805030219p28401e30y93ecf10a3421c206@mail.gmail.com> <481F0BAE.6060108@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JtHXY-0005C7-Lz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 03:24:44 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JtHXX-0005BX-69 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 03:24:44 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51127 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JtHXX-0005BS-0y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 03:24:43 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JtHXW-0006N6-Kw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 03:24:42 -0400 Received: from korteweg.uva.nl ([146.50.98.70]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JtHXV-0005P2-P5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 03:24:41 -0400 In-Reply-To: <481F0BAE.6060108@gmail.com> 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: "Alan E. Davis" Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On May 5, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Alan E. Davis wrote: > >> the drawer cannot contain a headline, i.e. a line starting with one >> or several stars followed by a space character. Most likely, this >> is what was causing you problems? > Exactly. > > A case I can think of---perhaps not convincing?---for regular > expression of drawer names is a file with many pasted in, lengthy > notes or data sets. So as to be able to distinguish them without > opening them, one might wish to title them: > > :DATA-PROFILE1: > > :DATA-PROFILE2X: > > :DATA-TRANSECT_A: > > :DATA-SALINITY-2008-04-29: > > An extremely simple regular expression would be "DATA.*" . One can > argue, convincingly, that each data set would best be stored in a > file, and could be linked to. > I did have two sets of calendars from 1984 and 1985 that were not > huge, but were in the way. I can as easily entitle each with a > headline, then brace them in :CACHE: drawers. > You have convinced me, but I hope I would not bore you by asking you > for comments about this. Of course, not, I always like to get feedback and new ideas. As for your example, I do think that headlines with a drawer below them would be just as useful and efficient in this case. Seems that you agree, so for now: no regexp for drawer names. But I put it on my list, maybe now that you suggested it, I will actually find a use for this. Thanks. - Carsten