[Orgmode] Re: Electric insert of headline stars

[Seweryn Kokot]

Seweryn Kokot <address@hidden> writes:

>>
>> (defun local-org-insert-stars ()
>>   (interactive)
>>   (when (looking-back "^ +" (point-at-bol))
>>     (save-excursion
>>       (while (search-backward " " (point-at-bol) t)
>>      (replace-match "*" nil t))))
>>   (org-self-insert-command 1))
>
> It seems that the line
> "(when (looking-back "^ +" (point-at-bol))"
> is not required in the second version.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1.

> And for me it's better to add and
> extra whitespace to directly type a heading name. I don't know if the
> line (insert " ") is correct in this case or it should be replaced with
> something (org-self-insert-command x)?
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2.
>
> (defun ks-org-insert-stars ()
>   (interactive)
>   (save-excursion 
>       (while (search-backward " " (point-at-bol) t)
>         (replace-match "*" nil t)))
>   (org-self-insert-command 1)
>   (insert " "))
>
> Anyway I prefer the version without a warning and it is politically
> correct according to the manual :)

After some testing I withdraw the two things I wrote in my previous
post. Forget it! So I'm staying with the following version

(defun local-org-insert-stars ()
  (interactive)
  (when (looking-back "^ +" (point-at-bol))
  (save-excursion 
        (while (search-backward " " (point-at-bol) t)
          (replace-match "*" nil t))))
  (org-self-insert-command 1))

-- 
Seweryn Kokot