Re: nested org-headlines

[Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>]

Hello,

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> If drawers are "greater elements" in org elements, perhaps they ought to
> be able to contain other drawers? Or is non-nesting drawers a design
> decision?

It is a design decision.

Note that "greater element" only means that the element can contain
other elements (i.e. a paragraph.). Also, according to org-element.el
comments:

    With the exception of `headline' and `item' types, greater elements
    cannot contain other greater elements of their own type.

A drawer is a way to hide some contents (and optionally remove them from
export) without adding any specific meaning to them. What would a drawer
within another drawer mean: hide stuff even more?

Also, adding recursive drawers has a cost (for parsing speed, with
visibility cycling features...) with no real benefit, which explains why
it wasn't implemented.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou