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Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position
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Carsten Dominik |
Subject: |
Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position |
Date: |
Tue, 10 Sep 2013 05:47:40 +0200 |
On 9.9.2013, at 17:41, Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> wrote:
> Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> It is extremely predictable if you know about the structure of an Org
>> document and if you think in elements.
>
> It's a Sexp motion.
>
>> It is unexpected for a user who is used to C-arrow doing paragraph
>> motion. In Org, org-backward-element climbs out if a hierarchy. This
>> is not what happens in other modes with this command. That is what
>> I mean with unexpected.
>
> OK. Do you want it to return an error if there's no element at the same
> level above (or below for the forward counterpart)?
No, I guess not. Lets just leave it the way it is, but implement
alternative behavior in source code blocks. I agree with the arguments you
make below.
Thank you.
- Carsten
>
>> Don't get me wrong. I love the element motion stuff. But I am
>> satisfied for it to be available on M-{ and M-}.
>>
>> I like your proposal to introduce a variable for special src behavior.
>> I personally would also like a variable that allows me to keep the
>> paragraph commands on C-arrow (because I have almost equally
>> convenient bindings with M-{}) - but maybe that is just me?
>
> But `org-forward-element'/`org-backward-element' are the paragraph
> commands for Org. Unlike to Text mode, contents in Org have a depth. So
> it's not just about stopping at blank lines. Even stopping at blank
> lines is not satisfying:
>
> XParagraph
> | a | table |
>
> Another paragraph
>
> A decent forward paragraph command should stop at the table here. On the
> other hand, it doesn't make much sense to stop at the blank line below:
>
> X#+begin_src emacs-lisp
> ;; line 1
>
> ;; line 2
> #+end_src
> Another paragraph
>
> When depth isn't involved, I think that `org-forward-element' is as good
> as it can get as a paragraph motion command, and far better than
> `forward-paragraph' from "paragraphs.el".
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou
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- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, (continued)
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Nicolas Goaziou, 2013/09/09
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Bastien, 2013/09/09
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Carsten Dominik, 2013/09/09
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Nicolas Goaziou, 2013/09/09
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Bastien, 2013/09/09
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Nicolas Goaziou, 2013/09/09
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Carsten Dominik, 2013/09/09
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Jambunathan K, 2013/09/09
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Nicolas Goaziou, 2013/09/09
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Sebastien Vauban, 2013/09/09
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position,
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- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Carsten Dominik, 2013/09/10
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Eric Abrahamsen, 2013/09/10
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Suvayu Ali, 2013/09/10
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Suvayu Ali, 2013/09/10
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Carsten Dominik, 2013/09/10
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Carsten Dominik, 2013/09/10
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Suvayu Ali, 2013/09/10
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Carsten Dominik, 2013/09/10
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Suvayu Ali, 2013/09/10
- Re: [O] Outline cycling does not preserve point's position, Nicolas Goaziou, 2013/09/10