Re: Bug: org-set-property does not leave the point still [8.1.1 (release_8.1.1-29-gc5f2ae @ /home/mboes/.emacs.d/lisp/org/lisp/)]

[Mathieu Boespflug <mboes@tweag.net>]

Hi Carsten,

thank you for the timely fixes!

Best,

--
Mathieu

On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Carsten Dominik
<carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mathieu,
>
> thank you for your report, this is now fixed.
>
> - Carsten
>
> On 16.9.2013, at 00:16, Mathieu Boespflug <mboes@tweag.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> consider the following very simple org file:
>>
>> * TODO Thing1[]
>>
>> where "[]" marks where the point is. Now if I C-S-RET to insert a new
>> TODO heading, I get
>>
>> * TODO Thing1
>> * TODO []
>>
>> Note that there is a trailing space at the end of the last line, as
>> expected. The problem is that if I now press C-c C-x p to set
>> a property (any property), then I end up with the following situation:
>>
>> * TODO Thing1
>> * TODO
>>  :PROPERTIES:
>>  :PROP:     val
>>  :END: []
>>
>> The point is now at the end of the property drawer, rather than where it
>> was before. Notice how the trailing whitespace in the heading has
>> moreover been moved to after the property drawer.
>>
>> Expected behaviour:
>>
>> After C-c C-x p, I expect to get:
>>
>> * TODO Thing1
>> * TODO []
>>  :PROPERTIES:
>>  :PROP:     val
>>  :END:
>>
>> This is exactly what I get if there is *no trailing whitespace* in the
>> TODO heading before hitting C-c C-x p. So it seems that the bug is that
>> org-set-property does not deal well with trailing whitespace.
>>
>> This is a problem because it messes up setting properties by advising
>> org-insert-todo-heading, say to set a CREATED property automatically for
>> new TODO items.
>>
>> Emacs  : GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.2)
>> of 2013-08-07 on -mnt-storage-buildroots-staging-x86_64-eric
>> Package: Org-mode version 8.1.1 (release_8.1.1-29-gc5f2ae @
>> /home/mboes/.emacs.d/lisp/org/lisp/)
>>
>