Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaz...@gmail.com> writes: > Hello, > > Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: > >> If drawers are "greater elements" in org elements, perhaps they ought to >> be able to contain other drawers? Or is non-nesting drawers a design >> decision? > > It is a design decision. > > Note that "greater element" only means that the element can contain > other elements (i.e. a paragraph.). Also, according to org-element.el > comments: > > With the exception of `headline' and `item' types, greater elements > cannot contain other greater elements of their own type.
That's a good thing to know. > A drawer is a way to hide some contents (and optionally remove them from > export) without adding any specific meaning to them. What would a drawer > within another drawer mean: hide stuff even more? Makes plenty of sense to me. But it's not the first time someone's asked about ways of descending from one text level into a sub-hierarchy, and then "popping" back out to the previous textual level. When the will is there, tools will be abused...
