Re: Bug: "SCHEDULED: " positioning is fragile [7.8.06 (release_7.8.06.181.ga481)]

[Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>]

Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> writes:

>>> Given the following:
>>>
>>> * TODO Some headline
>>> SCHEDULED: <2012-04-05 Thu>
>>>
>>> If I add body text between the headline and the SCHEDULED: line, some
>>> things work, but others don't.  
>>
>> See this footnote in the section "8.3.1 Inserting deadlines or
>> schedules" of the manual:
>>
>>    (1) The `SCHEDULED' and `DEADLINE' dates are inserted on the line
>> right below the headline.  Don't put any text between this line and the
>> headline.
>
> That doesn't make it right.  

No, but it makes it clear that users should put SCHEDULED: <...> lines
right after the headline.  

> This is a serious usability bug and a newbie trap.
>
> As I mentioned in my report, if some of the commands can handle it,
> there's no reason all of them shouldn't handle it.  

> The only other valid interpretation is that those commands that are
> handling it as I expect are broken and they're changing things that
> should really be treated as body text and just happen to look like a
> SCHEDULED line.

Patch welcome.

Or even more useful: write a small function that goes an Org buffer 
and spot misformatted subtrees, offering to fix them interactively.
Can you write this?

Thanks,

-- 
 Bastien