Re: Allowing loose ordering in Org files

[Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>]

Hi John,

John Wiegley <jwiegley@gmail.com> writes:

>>>>>> Rasmus  <rasmus@gmx.us> writes:
>
>>> To those who repeat the performance argument: This is an opt-in only
>>> request. It is not about changing the performance of default Org, or making
>>> files more difficult to parse outside of Emacs for everyone.
>
>> I disagree with your last claim.
>
> I'm not sure I understand, can you clarify? What I meant is that I don't want
> to get in the way of the maintainer's vision for "default Org".

Note that I’m *not* the maintainer and speak with no authority on the issue!

Some alternative Org interpreter must be able to find the properties
drawer since it needs to support, e.g. linking to headlines,

     * f_0 
     :PROPERTIES:
     :CUSTOM_ID: f0
     :END:
     * f_1
     See also [[#f0]]

If the placement of properties is "free", the secondary interpreter /must/
support this customization option to be able to interpret the org format.
Note, this matters for both interactive usage (being able to click/open a
reference) and for "export" (e.g. org-ruby).

> I would just like some customization options, to keep using Org as I'm
> used to it.

I sympathize, and I don’t know what is the correct behavior here.  I do
think that allowing this is obviously the right thingᵀᴹ, but it might
still be the lesser of two evils.  I don’t fell qualified to form opinions
on this.

Rasmus

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