From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: PROPERTIES before the first headline Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:29:45 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4B7B6EA2.7030606@gmail.com> <4B7BF6D6.4030603@cs.tu-berlin.de> <4B7BF7CB.8090401@cs.tu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NhkuU-0005Ve-Ma for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:29:50 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57473 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NhkuT-0005V8-OK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:29:50 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NhkuS-0002Z3-K3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:29:49 -0500 Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com ([74.125.78.150]:41857) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NhkuS-0002Yn-FE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:29:48 -0500 Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so2336273eyg.34 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:29:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B7BF7CB.8090401@cs.tu-berlin.de> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Stephan Schmitt Cc: Christian Wittern , Org Mode Mailing List On Feb 17, 2010, at 3:06 PM, Stephan Schmitt wrote: > > Forgot to say: yes, I think it is > intentional that this does not work > before the first headline (properties > belong to headlines not to files) > > But maybe it would make sense to allow > for "file properties". No, I don't think so. All the meta data belongs to entries - even if it can be inherited from the file or even global settings. - Carsten > > Also sprach Stephan Schmitt: >> Hi Christian, >> >> you forgot the colon after PROPERTY, >> i.e. the following line at the beginning >> of the buffer does work: >> >> #+PROPERTY: myprop don't ask >> >> (don't forget to refresh the buffer >> setup by typing C-c C-c with the cursor >> in that line). >> >> Then the call >> >> (org-entry-get (point) "myprop" t) >> >> returns "don't ask". Note the third >> argument (t), which allows inheritance. >> >> Hth, >> Stephan >> >> Also sprach Christian Wittern: >>> Hi there, >>> >>> Extending my use of org-mode has left >>> me running into another wall: I would >>> like to set some custom properties >>> globally for the whole file, before >>> everything else. There does not seem >>> to be a way to do this >>> >>> #+PROPERTY myprop don't ask >>> >>> and having the :PROPERTY: drawer after >>> the #+ lines also does not seem to >>> work: Whenever I try to use the API >>> functions to get at the property, I am >>> told that I am before the first >>> headling (which I know). So, is this >>> behavior intentional? And if yes, is >>> there a way to work around this? >>> >>> All the best, >>> >>> Christian >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >>> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >>> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > -- > > -------------------------------------------- > > Stephan Schmitt > > Neural Information Processing Group > Fac. IV - Electrical Engineering > & Computer Science > Berlin University of Technology > > Office: +49 30 - 314 24 158 > Mobile: +49 179 - 593 84 48 > Email: > echo 'drmabuse at cs x tu-berlin x de' \ > | sed -e 's/ x /\./g' -e 's/ at /@/' > > -------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode - Carsten