Re: About the use of PROPERTY "meta lines"...

[Eric Schulte <eric.schulte@gmx.com>]

"Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> writes:

> #+TITLE:     Properties
> #+AUTHOR:    Seb Vauban
> #+PROPERTY: var  foo=1
> #+PROPERTY: var+ bar=2
>
> * Abstract
>
> IIUC, properties are set in this way:
>
> - on a file basis, before any heading, through the =PROPERTY= keyword,
> - on a subtree basis, through the =PROPERTIES= block.
>
> My comprehension is that the =PROPERTY= keyword may not be used inside "trees",
> and should be ignored if that would happen.
>

While it is not normal usage, I think that it is legal for #+PROPERTY:
lines (or #+Option: lines etc...) to appear inside of subtrees.

Best -- Eric

>
> The following example shows that either:
>
> - I'm wrong to think so,
> - there is a bug.
>
> What is the right assumption here?
>
> * Subtree
>
> Being located in a subtree, the following lines are ill-placed IMHO:
>
> #+PROPERTY: var  foo="Hello
> #+PROPERTY: var+ world"
>
> Though, they're well taken into account:
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>   foo
> #+end_src
>
> #+results:
> : Hello world
>
> These lines have even wiped the definition of =bar= (because of the use of =var=
> without any =+=):
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>   (+ foo bar)
> #+end_src
>
> returns the error "Symbol's value as variable is void: bar."
>
> Best regards,
>   Seb

-- 
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/