From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: Feature request [7.3] Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:57:54 +0000 Message-ID: <87vd33xqzx.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <87aakg17g5.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55837 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQcKC-0007PA-8Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:58:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PQcKA-0007eC-SG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:58:03 -0500 Received: from vscane-b.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.141]:64836) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PQcKA-0007e4-Mp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:58:02 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Dave Abrahams's message of "Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:48:47 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Dave Abrahams Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Dave Abrahams writes: [...] >> > It'd be great if there were a way to make the ID property >> > read-only (or really really hard to change). >> >> This is where column mode comes in quite handy? > > Link please? Apologies; I meant column view within org mode: info -> org -> Properties and Columns -> Column view [...] > But the point is that these are just examples. I think Org wasn't > designed with the idea that it would end up having much of a > "grammar," but it grew one. I'm arguing for a UI re-think for the > tool Org has become. Yes, I can see what you are getting at. However, one of the nicest things about org is that it doesn't necessarily impose a structure on everything and so a formal grammar could get in the way. One could argue that the flexibility of the system is it's main source of effectiveness! That and the fact that it is based on pure text. However, this doesn't argue against improvements in the user interface when necessary! -- Eric S Fraga (: http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/ :)