Re: org-adapt-indentation default should be nil [legibility 3/6]

[Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>]

[this is addressed to bastien]

hi,

if you are thinking of changing the default to indenting meta lines
and asking for opinions on that:

fwiw, if org /were starting out/, i would propose that meta stuff not
be indented at all either.  then the regexps everywhere could be
reliable.  and it reduces number of things to think about.  keyboard
macros, grep, third party tools in and outside of emacs.

the idea being keep to the basics so there will be no surprises.

i have a case i won't go into where a tool cannot reliably parse such
lines, because it has to distinguish semantic indentation and physical
aesthetic indentation.  this can't be done without ai in its context.
so the tool /outlaws/ physical indentation for a feature.

it doesn't actually shoot you or post wanted signs if you physically
indent, but the feature will not work.

imo there are more arguments too.

for example, state change lines and notes can be wide.  for
accessibility, i always want the default to be the one that does not
affect whose who need it, who already have too much to deal with.
this is my opinion.

obviously, as a default not indenting text as you seem to propose is
good for newcomers.

as for org as it is now, with a mixture of at least 3 indentation
styles in the wild, idk.

fwiw.