Re: [Orgmode] Feature request [7.3]

[Dave Abrahams]

At Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:57:54 +0000,
Eric S Fraga wrote:
> 
> Dave Abrahams <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
> >> > It'd be great if there were a way to make the ID property
> >> > read-only (or really really hard to change).
> >> 
> >> This is where column mode comes in quite handy?  
> >
> > Link please?
> 
> Apologies;  I meant column view within org mode: info -> org ->
> Properties and Columns -> Column view

Wow, having that on completely messes up the agenda view!

> [...]
> 
> > But the point is that these are just examples.  I think Org wasn't
> > designed with the idea that it would end up having much of a
> > "grammar," but it grew one.  I'm arguing for a UI re-think for the
> > tool Org has become.
> 
> Yes, I can see what you are getting at.  However, one of the nicest
> things about org is that it doesn't necessarily impose a structure on
> everything and so a formal grammar could get in the way.  

I'm not asking to change the grammar, I'm just asking the editor to be
smarter about the grammar that has actually evolved.

> One could argue that the flexibility of the system is it's main
> source of effectiveness!  

Could, but total flexibility doesn't work for everyone.

> That and the fact that it is based on pure
> text.  However, this doesn't argue against improvements in the user
> interface when necessary!

...or even "when possible?"

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Dave Abrahams
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