Re: [RFC] Document level property drawer

["Gustav Wikström" <gustav@whil.se>]

Hi again,

I'd like to take the next step with this patch. I'm hesitant to do it without wider support though, since only a few people have commented.

@Marco Wahl; As I understand you've applied the patch and tried it out. Have you found any issues yet? What do you think of the patch after having used it for a while?

Any other thoughts/comments/objections/praises?

Regards
Gustav

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gustav Wikström
> Sent: den 29 september 2019 12:27
> To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> Cc: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
> Subject: [RFC] Document level property drawer
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This patch introduces a document level property drawer.
> 
> This has been discussed previously in a larger context:
> - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2019-06/msg00000.html
> - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2019-08/msg00339.html
> - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2019-09/msg00010.html
> 
> The patch is a somewhat modified version of what was included in the third
> link above.
> 
> The following will be true for document level property drawers:
> 1) In the same way that one can have a property drawer for a heading, one
>    can have a property drawer for a whole document.
> 2) All existing commands that can work with property drawers will
>    (shall) work also on property drawers before the first heading.
> 3) Properties defined in a property drawer will have precedence over
>    properties defined as a property keyword, if the same property is
>    defined using both conventions.
> 4) The position for the document level property drawer is:
>    - At the first line in a file that is not a comment or a keyword.
> 
>      I.e. the following will work:
>      #+begin_src org
>        # -*- mode: org -*-
>        ,#+TITLE: Test
>        :PROPERTIES:
>        :CATEGORY: Test
>        :END:
> 
>        Preamble
> 
>        ,* Some heading
>        Some content
>      #+end_src
> 
>      but not this:
>      #+begin_src org
>        Some comment and/or empty line
> 
>        :PROPERTIES:
>        :CATEGORY: Test
>        :END:
> 
>        ,* Some heading
>        Some content
>      #+end_src
> 
> What do you say?
> 
> Regards
> Gustav Wikström