Hello, "Max Rydahl Andersen" <mande...@redhat.com> writes:
> What I often have is that I during a meeting or brain dump do this: > > ``` > * Some important topic > - idea 1, some notes > - idea 2, another note > - idea 3, a third note > ``` OK. > And then I go over these and I use the shift/alt+keys to reorder the > ideas up and down and eventually I would like to do this: > > ``` > * Some important topic > - idea 1, some notes > ** TODO idea 2, another note > - idea 3, a third note > ``` What is that? Is "** TODO idea 2, another note" a headline, in which case it should be at column 0? Headlines are different from plain lists. You can use C-c * on second item to turn it into a headline. You can also move to the beginning of line (C-a), kill word (M-d) and insert the two stars. It is a longer but maybe more natural, since those are standard text editing keys. > I know I can press a short cut to make it a top item, but why can't > I just use the normal standard tree editing keys ? I'm not sure to understand what "standard tree editing keys" you're talking about. AFAIU, you want to turn a structure (a list) into another one (a headline). There's a command for that, but I don't consider the action to be a standard editing one. > Is there a way to have org-mode ask what kind of thing it should do > when I move the lists "out-of-bounds" instead > of just error out on me ? IMO, you may be mis-using the tool. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou