newline at start of buffer

newline at start of buffer

[Dan Davison]

In a completely empty buffer, org-insert-heading inserts a newline
before the first heading. However, if there is (e.g.) a single space
character in the buffer (after point), the heading goes on the first
line. I admit it's trivial, but that doesn't seem right -- there
presumably isn't a reason for the newline in the first case and not in
the second, right? (My preference would be no automatic blank line.)

Dan

diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 73ef6c5..4883a2f 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -5754,7 +5754,7 @@ current headline.  If point is not at the beginning, do not split the line,
 but create the new headline after the current line."
   (interactive "P")
   (if (= (buffer-size) 0)
-      (insert "\n* ")
+      (insert "* ")
     (when (or force-heading (not (org-insert-item)))
       (let* ((empty-line-p nil)
             (head (save-excursion

Re: newline at start of buffer

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Dan,

this was a stupid hack to get the headline away from the first
buffer line which can cause problems in Org under some circumstances
which are hard to consistently remove.  It looks a the empty buffer
case because this is what will happen when people open a new buffer
and immediately create a headline in this way.  When there is already
something in the buffer, even a space, I am assuming the user wants
to be in control.

If it is not bothering you a lot, I'd like to keep it this way.

- Carsten

On Oct 3, 2009, at 5:33 AM, Dan Davison wrote:

> In a completely empty buffer, org-insert-heading inserts a newline
> before the first heading. However, if there is (e.g.) a single space
> character in the buffer (after point), the heading goes on the first
> line. I admit it's trivial, but that doesn't seem right -- there
> presumably isn't a reason for the newline in the first case and not in
> the second, right? (My preference would be no automatic blank line.)
>
> Dan
>
> diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
> index 73ef6c5..4883a2f 100644
> --- a/lisp/org.el
> +++ b/lisp/org.el
> @@ -5754,7 +5754,7 @@ current headline.  If point is not at the  
> beginning, do not split the line,
> but create the new headline after the current line."
>   (interactive "P")
>   (if (= (buffer-size) 0)
> -      (insert "\n* ")
> +      (insert "* ")
>     (when (or force-heading (not (org-insert-item)))
>       (let* ((empty-line-p nil)
>             (head (save-excursion
>
>
>
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