Re: [BUG] org-mode #+SETUPFILE not working with properties [9.5.2 (release_9.5.2-378-g98588e @ /home/eros/src/org-mode/lisp/)]

[Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>]

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:

> Eros Zaupa <eroszaupa@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I would like to move the properties drawer to a separate file and import it
>> into the main one. To do so I'm using the `#SETUPFILE` property suggested
>> [here][1], but this doesn't seem to work.
>
> Confirmed.
> Though I am not 100% sure.
>
> Org is indeed ignoring top-level property drawer when parsing
> #+SETUPFILE.
>
> Dear All,
> I think that parsing top-level property drawer is simply an omission
> from the time we introduced top-level property drawers into syntax.
>
> We may either implement this support or leave things as is and document
> the current behaviour.
>
> I would be in favour of implementing top-level drawer support in
> SETUPFILE, but there might be alternative opinions. WDYT?

FWIW, I agree that it is a bug and it should be fixed.

-- 
Nick

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