alain.coch...@unistra.fr writes: > With an org file like > > * h > #+begin_export ascii > foo > #+end_export > > putting the cursor on 'foo' and doing > > M-x org-up-element > > brings the cursor on '* h'. Same with the following blocks: > > ‘#+begin_comment’ ... ‘#+end_comment’ > ‘#+begin_example’ ... ‘#+end_example’ > ‘#+begin_export’ ... ‘#+end_export’ > ‘#+begin_export html’ ... ‘#+end_export’ > ‘#+begin_export latex’ ... ‘#+end_export’ > ‘#+begin_src’ ... ‘#+end_src’ (I tried org and lisp) > ‘#+begin_verse’ ... ‘#+end_verse’ > > But for those two blocks: > > ‘#+begin_center’ ... ‘#+end_center’ > ‘#+begin_quote’ ... ‘#+end_quote’ > > the cursor is moved to the beginning of the block instead, which I > find strange.
This is to be expected. Center blocks, Quote blocks, and special blocks are "greater elements", which can directly contain other Org elements inside. Thus, #+begin_center Text #+end_center is interpreted as (center-block (paragraph)) So, `org-up-element' with point at paragraph will move to parent center-block. In contrast, comment/example/export/src/verse are "lesser blocks", which cannot contain other Org elements inside - their contents is taken verbatim: #+begin_comment Text #+end_comment is interpreted as (comment-block) with point at "Text", current element is comment-block, and its parent is headline in your example. > Incidentally, is there a definition understandable for the basic user > of what an "org element" is? I could not find one after a (quick) > Internet search, not even in https://orgmode.org/worg/org-syntax.html#orgb8e0d51 Also, see https://orgmode.org/worg/org-syntax.html#Greater_Elements -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>