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From: Olaf Dietsche <olaf+list.orgmode@olafdietsche.de>
To: Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: structure editing in brainstorming mode
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:50:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tz8m7aga.fsf@rat.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f46c52560812282158k1a98264bqf62e34c2d2f9b023@mail.gmail.com> (Rustom Mody's message of "Mon\, 29 Dec 2008 11\:28\:42 +0530")

"Rustom Mody" <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:

> There are certain use-cases that come up -- typically when using
> org-mode in 'brainstorming mode'.
> I am sure they are so basic that there must be ways of doing it that I
> dont know of...
[...]
> 2. Converting heading type
>
> Sometimes one assumes that the points are 'small' and so are entered
> as + points. Thus
> * Pets
>   + Cat
>   + Dog
>
> and then at some point it emerges that the +es had better be changed
> to headings that is (the requisite number of) *s.  Any easy way of
> doing that?

if there's no intervening text, select the rectangle (blanks and
pluses) and then do a string-rectangle: C-x r t ** RET

Regards, Olaf

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-12-30  0:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-29  5:58 structure editing in brainstorming mode Rustom Mody
2008-12-29 12:51 ` Matthew Lundin
2008-12-30 23:55   ` Carsten Dominik
2008-12-31  6:04     ` Rustom Mody
2008-12-31  8:07       ` Carsten Dominik
2008-12-31 11:36         ` Daniel Clemente
2008-12-31 13:28           ` Carsten Dominik
2008-12-31 13:33             ` Daniel Martins
2009-01-01  6:42             ` Rustom Mody
2009-01-01  8:58               ` Carsten Dominik
2009-01-01 22:53         ` Matthew Lundin
2008-12-29 16:36 ` Bernt Hansen
2008-12-29 17:15   ` Nick Dokos
2008-12-30  0:50 ` Olaf Dietsche [this message]
2008-12-30 14:11   ` Rustom Mody
2008-12-31  0:23     ` Carsten Dominik
     [not found] <200812291702.mBTH2sVD004384@bp34.u.washington.edu>
2008-12-29 19:44 ` Scott Otterson
2008-12-29 20:10   ` Matthew Lundin

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