From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: how to change the headline starter * Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:56:39 +0200 Message-ID: <87sjq7revs.fsf@altern.org> References: <1016444425.2577651310651584384.JavaMail.root@zimbra29-e5.priv.proxad.net> <87oc0wx3sq.fsf@gnu.org> <87liw0ek6b.fsf@nzebook.haselwarter.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:42240) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhg4E-00019Y-4F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 06:56:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhg49-0001cz-W7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 06:56:21 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:33905) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qhg49-0001cp-JJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 06:56:17 -0400 Received: by ewy9 with SMTP id 9so682109ewy.0 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:56:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87liw0ek6b.fsf@nzebook.haselwarter.org> (Philipp Haselwarter's message of "Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:28:28 +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: Philipp Haselwarter Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Philipp, Philipp Haselwarter writes: > Is there any particular reason for it to be hardcoded? Apart from the > fact that /well it just is this way right now/ I mean. Nothing carved in stone, but here are the two reasons I see: - we don't want users to use arbitrary regexp to match headlines as they are very likely to shoot themselves in the foot (Harven's example of using "-" instead of "*" is a good example of that.) - Given this, I am not able to imagine a good way of limiting the number of allowed characters. > That'd be useful information for anyone interested in changing it. I'd interested in any solution to the problems above. > Then > you can still just tell them to write a patch if they care that much > ('cause even in org-mode-land patches don't write themselves just yet) :) > [I just had the most awesome idea for a feature request]. Please share! > If it's "just" about inheriting from a variable in some 300 places it > could at least be discussed. Yep -- if you have the energy to go through the code and see where it is hardcoded while it should not, please do. Thanks, -- Bastien