Because of this problem I usually create a dummy headline at the end of the subtree when I work in a narrowed subtree for a long time. If I avoid changing anything after this dummy headline I know that nothing strange will happen. Not elegant, I know, but its a work around for now.
- Darlan Cavalcante Moreira At Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:55:11 +0100, Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi David, > > On Dec 17, 2009, at 9:47 PM, David Maus wrote: > > > > > Remember to cover the basics, that is, what you expected to happen and > > what in fact did happen. You don't know how to make a good report? > > See > > > > http://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback > > > > Your bug report will be posted to the Org-mode mailing list. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > If you narrow the buffer to a subtree, insert some content and widen > > again the content below the subtree moves into the subtree if there > > was no newline on the last line of the narrowed subtree. > > > > example.org > > ,---- > > | * Headline 1 > > | > > | * Headline 2 > > `---- > > > > Narrow the buffer to "Headline 1", entere some text and remove all > > empty lines below the entered text. > > > > example.org (narrowd) > > ,---- > > | * Headline 1 > > | Hello World! > > `---- > > > > example.org (widened again) > > ,---- > > | * Headline 1 > > | Hello World!* Headline 2 > > `---- > > > > I do know that this behaviour makes absolutely sense as removing the > > newlines in the narrowed subtree equals to removing the newlines in > > the whole buffer. > > > > But as you can imagine this behaviour can be disastrous in Orgmode: I > > stumpled upon this just because I remembered to have a todo item on my > > list but Orgmode didn't know about it -- it was sucked into > > another item. > > > > Maybe Orgmode should use a function `org-widen' that ensures a newline > > at the end of a narrowed buffer before calling the Emacs' `widen'. > > > That does make sense if the narrowing was done by org-narrow-to-subtree. > But if it was done by another command, maybe even narrowing to part of > a line, > than adding a newline can be equally destrucive. I don't think there > is a "good" solution to this issue. > > Regards > > - Carsten > > > > > Regards, > > > > -- David > > > > > > Emacs : GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.3) > > of 2009-11-28 on elegiac, modified by Debian > > Package: Org-mode version 6.33trans (release_6.33f.129.g904a) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > - Carsten > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode