Re: How to set C-o back to open-line?

[Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>]

Suvayu Ali writes:

> Hello Christopher,
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 05:38:11PM -0500, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
>> I really hate org-open-line... I can see why people might want it, but
>> it's messed up my workflow.  I'd like to set C-o back.
>> 
>> However, I have no idea what org-defkey is doing, but I expected this to
>> work:
>> 
>>   (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-o") 'open-line)
>> 
>> it isn't working!
>> 
>> How to get the standard-ol-open-line behavior back?
>
> Does using org-defkey instead make it work?

org-defkey doesn't seem to work.

> That said, I'm curious what is so different about org-open-line?  The
> docstring says the following:
>
>   It is bound to C-o, <insertline>.
>   
>   (org-open-line N)
>   
>   Insert a new row in tables, call `open-line' elsewhere.
>
> So unless you are in a table, it should be the same as normal.  Is that
> broken?  Anyway, I never use open-line myself, but I was curious after I
> saw several people mention it on unrelated threads on a few lists.
>
> Cheers,

Right, exactly.  The way I use org-diet often involves me splitting
apart and rejoining tables and the whole "adding a new line in between"
is part of expected behavior for me.  The new system is driving me crazy!