Re: [BUG] A call of (org-end-of-meta-data t) goes too far in a heading with only whitespace

[Benjamin McMillan <mcmillanbb@gmail.com>]

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My understanding is that org-end-of-meta-data should put point at the start
of the 'real' contents of a heading. Meaning the first point where I might
start making notes under a heading.

This expectation isn't matched in the example I give (which is different
from the mentioned test). In my example, there is a heading, then several
blank lines, then another heading at the same level as the first. A call to
(end-of-meta-data t) goes all the way to the second heading, which surely
should not count as contents of the first heading. For me, expected
behavior is somewhere inside the contents of the heading.

I presume the test is to capture desired behavior when
org-blank-before-new-entry is true?
If that's correct, then when org-blank-before-new-entry is true, maybe a
call of (end-of-meta-data t) should skip to two lines after the metadata
(possibly adding lines if necessary?)
In contrast, I disable org-blank-before-new-entry, and want point to go
literally to the end of meta data, even if I have some blanks before
existing contents.

I apologize if this seems nitpicky, but the structured nature of an org
document allows for extremely accurate motion commands, and use of
end-of-meta-data is an important part of that.
(And apologies Ihor for resending this to you, I managed to not click
reply-all the first time around.)

On Sat, Oct 12, 2024 at 8:43 PM Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:

> Benjamin McMillan <mcmillanbb@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Specifically, a call to (org-end-of-meta-data t) with point at the > on
> the
> > following tree will go all the way to the next heading.
> > In contrast, a call to just (org-end-of-meta-data), without the FULL
> flag,
> > will go to the beginning of heading content, as expected.
> > * >heading
> >
> >
> > * another heading
>
> This is intentional.
>
> We have a test:
>
>   ;; With option argument, skip empty lines, regular drawers and
>   ;; clocking lines.
>   (should
>    (org-test-with-temp-text "* Headline\n\nContents"
>      (org-end-of-meta-data t)
>      (looking-at "Contents")))
>
> May you please elaborate why you consider the current behavior to be a bug?
>
> --
> Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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