From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: What are most users worldview of org-mode's data model? Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 23:13:56 -0400 Message-ID: <87eh1cjwnf.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57129) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WWH3h-0000ll-QP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 23:14:24 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WWH3b-0003KT-01 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 23:14:17 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:33357) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WWH3a-0003KO-QX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 23:14:10 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WWH3a-0000Tp-1z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Apr 2014 05:14:10 +0200 Received: from pool-98-110-160-12.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([98.110.160.12]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 05 Apr 2014 05:14:10 +0200 Received: from ndokos by pool-98-110-160-12.bstnma.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 05 Apr 2014 05:14:10 +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 Grant Rettke writes: > Hi, > > Starting at org-mode files for a while and skimming over WORG it > jumped out at me that > org-mode really looks at its documents like a tree data structure. It > doesn't force that > worldview upon you, it just makes your life so much easier by help you > to utilize it in Emacs. > > Questions: > > 1. Anyone else look at it this way? Yes, everybody. In fact, org-mode *does* force you to view your document as a tree and that's one of the most common complaints: people want to have a piece of a section, followed by a subsection, and then pop up again with another piece of the original section - org-mode does not let you do that. > 2. Are there any brokering functions between the org file and a SEXP? org-element.el > It would be nice to work > with that since Emacs-Lisp already handles them fine. > -- Nick