Re: Convert some files from outline-mode to org-mode

[Juri Linkov]

>>>   (Frustratingly, org-mode uses what I think of as the "old" convention
>>>   to use RET as "plain newline" and C-j as "smart newline with indent".)
>>
>> There are many things that are frustrating in org-mode.
>> Many Emacs features are disabled in org-mode, and
>> standard keys are redefined to behave in own way.
>>
>> What is worse, often org-mode takes freedom from users for no reason.
>> I mean such artificial restrictions as for example preventing users
>> from customizing positions of Org popup windows:
>>
>>   (defmacro org-no-popups (&rest body)
>>     "Suppress popup windows and evaluate BODY."
>>     `(let (pop-up-frames display-buffer-alist)
>>        ,@body))
>>
>> that ignores user customization in display-buffer-alist.
>
> As a side note, I'm positively sure Org developers would love help, or
> better, code, to re-enable disabled Emacs features, and to give back
> freedom to their users. 
>
> I think most of these issues are historic artifacts no one dared, or
> took time, to reconsider.

Nice to hear.  Maybe it would be possible to group all specific
keybindings (that override the default Emacs commands) into a mode
enabled by default, but that could be easily disabled, resetting them
to their original definitions.