Re: Problem with org-insert-heading on multi-line items?

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

Hi Tom,

I believe this issue no longer exists in the current master, it was fixed a while ago.  Could you please confirm?

- Carsten

On 25.5.2013, at 20:53, Tom Davey <tdavey@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm using Org 8.0.3 and Emacs 24.3.1.
> 
> I noticed with interest this note in the Org 8.0 release notes:
> 
> "When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox
> too."
> 
> I'm finding, however, that Org will in many cases insert a new
> checkbox even if the current item has none. Specifically, invoking
> org-insert-heading on the second or subsequent lines of a multi-line item
> will create a new checkbox item every time, whether the current
> item has a checkbox or not. To illustrate:
> 
> 1. org-insert-heading invoked here creates a new plain item
> 2. org-insert-heading invoked on this second item does the same
> 3. However, org-insert-heading, invoked on the SECOND line of this
>    creates a following checkbox item:
> 4. [ ]
> 
> However, invoking org-insert-heading on the first line of a multi-line
> item creates new items of the correct type, checkbox or not. So it
> seems like the first line is determinative.
> 
> May I ask if anybody else is seeing this behavior? Is it as designed?
> 
> Regards,
> Tom Davey
> 
> --
> Tom Davey
> tom@tomdavey.com
> New York NY USA
>