From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: org-tree-slide annoyance Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:43:45 -0400 Message-ID: <8738rgey5q.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87a9lo6x3f.fsf@bye.fritz.box> <5E0B3901-A902-4F12-B636-2A4C2AA8D6BB@gmail.com> <87r4f0dk1n.fsf@bye.fritz.box> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37578) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uyj4J-0007W8-Ss for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:44:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uyj4I-0007cy-Jn for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:43:59 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:52531) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uyj4I-0007cs-D8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:43:58 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Uyj4G-0008Eo-JV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:43:56 +0200 Received: from pool-108-7-96-134.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([108.7.96.134]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:43:56 +0200 Received: from ndokos by pool-108-7-96-134.bstnma.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:43:56 +0200 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org henry atts writes: > Carsten Dominik writes: > >> On 15.7.2013, at 10:33, henry atts wrote: >> >>> I use org-tree-slide-mode by default with >>> >>> (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'org-tree-slide-mode) >>> >>> This works kind of acceptable minus some minor annoyances. But one thing >>> makes it nearly unusuable. tree-slide rigidly expects at least one >>> header. So if I open an org file without heading, or if I create a new >>> one, I get an error message: >>> >>> File mode specification error: (error "before first heading") >>> >>> If I include a setup file with `#+SETUPFILE:', which of course has no >>> headings in it, org-tree-slide stops working at all. >> >> >> Hi Henry, >> >> you could wrap turning on of the mode into a function >> that checks if there is a node, and if not, just add one. >> >> - Carsten > > Okay, but on the one hand this doesn't solve the problem with > `SETUPFILE'. On the other hand what if I want an org file without any > heading on purpose? Or otherwise asked is a file a `real' org file only > if it has headings in it? > No, I don't think so, but there are bugs (there was a bug in the latex exporter once that required a heading at the beginning). I presume Carsten's suggestion was as a workaround to a bug (although I might have misinterpreted his comment). > You might say if you want some features of orgmode _and_ an org file > without heading you can always use, say, text-mode and load orgstruct as > a minor mode. Which does not solve the problem as well because with the > org-tree-mode hook for orgmode it shows some strange behaviour equally. > > I like org-tree-mode but I think it does not play well with orgmode in > some cases. And as far as I see it even is not in contrib. > Yes, I went looking for it there and did not find it :-) So maybe you can ping the author about the bug - s/he might even fix it, particularly now that the package is being used by at least one other person! Or contribute the fix yourself - if you like the package, then others might too, so it might even end up in contrib at some point. -- Nick