Re: [O] [PATCH 0/5] loop over headlines in active region

[David Maus]

Hi Carsten,

At Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:29:04 +0200,
Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
>
> On Aug 28, 2011, at 3:58 PM, David Maus wrote:
>
> > Hi Carsten,
> >
> > At Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:13:21 +0200,
> > Carsten Dominik wrote:
> >> I am wondering, why did you choose to skip invisible headlines?
> >> I would worry that this introduces inconsistent behavior and also
> >> makes it hard to use this feature in a programmatic way.
> >
> > Good points. I though of skipping invisible headlines as a way to
> > control which headlines are 'looped over' but if this is inconsistent
> > with already present behaviour of Org mode or Emacs in general we can
> > scratch that idea.
>
> Yes, let's do that.
>
> >
> > What brings up the question: What is the current behavior of Org mode
> > with regards to operations in a region?
>
> I think almost everything that iterates over a number of
> headlines will also do the invisible ones.  Exceptions are
> exporting/copying the visible headlines, and probably something else I
> am not remembering.

I'll investigate this. Maybe the customization variable could control
all operations on headlines in active region. Current proposal does
not feel good because it only controls some.

Best,
  -- David
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