Re: [O] Bugs/features of accumulating property values when used with entries (concretely: in org-contacts)

[Christoph LANGE]

Hi Seb,

thanks for your help!

2011-12-26 15:50 Sebastien Vauban:
> > Christoph LANGE<address@hidden>  writes:
> > > 2. accumulation doesn't work within the same entry; details follow:
> > >
> > > So when I changed the above contact entry to
> > >
> > > * Contact Name
> > >    :PROPERTIES:
> > >    :EMAIL:    address@hidden
> > >    :EMAIL+:   address@hidden
> > >    :END:
> > >
> > > I would have expected (org-entry-get (point) "EMAIL" t) to evaluate to, well,
> > >
> > > at least "address@hidden address@hidden" (and in some later version of org-mode
> > >
> > > maybe to a two-item list, for even easier automated processing).  But I got
> > >
> > > the following unexpected results, which indicate that accumulation is not yet
> > >
> > > supported in this context (well, if it was ever _intended_…):
>
> … AFAIK the `+' is only supported at this
> stage for the `var' property: you can't take any property and add a `+' to
>
> transform it in an accumulative property.
>
> Whether this should be restricted by default or open by default, I have no
>
> opinion at this stage.

If it is intended to be limited to the "var" property, then at least the
documentation ("Property syntax") needs fixing, as it states generally:

>    If you want to add to the value of an existing property, append a
> `+' to the property name.

But thanks a lot for pointing this out:

> I know, however, multivalued properties are sort of already well supported.
>
> See http://orgmode.org/manual/Using-the-property-API.html for more info.

Cheers,

Christoph

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