Sorry about some points - see corrections below: Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de> writes:
> Achim Gratz <strom...@nexgo.de> writes: > >> Aaron Ecay writes: >>> Eric Schulte has said <http://mid.gmane.org/87wqce0w9n....@gmail.com> >>> that the deprecation of this feature is “premature”. I didn’t realize >>> at the time that the deprecation was also included in the manual rather >>> than just a code comment. Possibly it should be un-deprecated. >> >> It shouldn't, owing to a number of essentially un-fixable corner cases >> and its inherent non-scaleability. >> >>> Certainly I agree that the suggested replacement is less capable. >> >> Do you have an example of something that it cannot do (modulo the bugs >> and corners of the deprecated syntax)? > > I agree with Achim, that the new header-args should be able to do the > same as the old syntax, but I also think that it is more "clunky" and > less easy to grasp how to do things. > > And the problem are > > a) the different ways that properties can be set (system wide, file > wide, subtree level, code block - I might have forgotten some), > > b) the different levels and > > d) the inheritance rules of these levels (I assume inheritance is only > in subtrees and code blocks in the subtree? How do file wide and system > wide properties play here? (7.4. Property Inheritance, I am confused about the > system wide and file wide properties? d) the inheritance rules of these levels - In the manual it says it is off (7.4 Property Inheritance): ,---- | Org mode does not turn this on by default, because it can slow down | property searches significantly and is often not needed. However, if | you find inheritance useful, you can turn it on by setting the variable | `org-use-property-inheritance'. `---- But based on my experience it is on? Also in the examples it is on? Especially the inheritance with the combination of the + is confusing to me. If inheritance is on, the + should add an argument to the header-args property, while without the +, it should overwrite the inherited property? Or do they do the same? > > I know that this information is likely somewhere in the manual, but this > whole issue of properties (especially when including the +) becomes > rather confusing to me. > > Rainer > >> >> >> Regards, >> Achim. -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug PGP: 0x0F52F982
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