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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Philipp Kiefer <phil.kiefer@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: [FR] Add C-u and C-u C-u prefix arguments to org-paste-subtree (was: Make org-paste-subtree more predictable and useful)
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:21:00 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <875yd1tskz.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a2cc49d3-7f65-5f6a-8f05-21e5056335b3@gmail.com>

Philipp Kiefer <phil.kiefer@gmail.com> writes:

> Further, you suggest I use C-S-<right> to demote the subtree after 
> pasting it at the same level as the subtree at point. But what if I used 
> a numerical prefix argument to copy or cut several subtrees, maybe 5 or 
> 10? Not very convenient at all to demote them all by hand...
>
> I still hold that pasting headings / subtress either at the same level 
> or at the child level of the target heading is part of the bread and 
> butter of outline editing and should be as straightforward as possible. 
> I'm rather sure the current numeric prefixes of org-paste-subtree to 
> select a distinct level at which to paste are needed / used much less 
> frequently than a "paste at child level" prefix (maybe C-u C-u?) would 
> be if it was implemented.

Could you please provide concrete ideas what C-u/C-u C-u should do?
In particular, how it will interact with point located at heading,
at heading beginning, at empty heading, or inside a heading section.

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-01-20 10:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-17 20:14 Make org-paste-subtree more predictable and useful Philipp Kiefer
2023-01-18  8:04 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-18 15:41   ` Philipp Kiefer
2023-01-19  9:44     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-19 17:31       ` Philipp Kiefer
2023-01-20 10:12         ` [BUG] org-paste-subtree level when point is in the middle of a heading (was: Make org-paste-subtree more predictable and useful) Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-19 11:13           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-20 10:21         ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2023-01-20 19:27           ` [FR] Add C-u and C-u C-u prefix arguments to org-paste-subtree " Philipp Kiefer
2024-04-21 12:02             ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-22  0:35               ` Samuel Wales
2024-04-22  0:57                 ` Samuel Wales
2024-04-22 19:51                   ` Ihor Radchenko

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