I like that idea. It's consistent, uses "prior art", so to speak, and most
of all , archiving involves cutting the subtree, so it's a very similar
change to the buffer / structure.

On Sun, Sep 15, 2024, 07:44 Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:

> Dan Drake <dan.drake@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > "AFAIU, what you are struggling with is that you sometimes press "k" by
> > accident, without aiming to cut the subtree. Is my understanding
> correct?"
> >
> > Yes, that's correct. Sometimes I'd use the speed key accidentally and
> > cut the subtree.
>
> Then, what about introducing something similar to
> `org-agenda-archive-default-with-confirmation' -
> `org-cut-subtree-with-confirmation' that will query user?
> Then, you can bind it to "k" in `org-speed-commands' if it is what you
> prefer.
>
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