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From: Aankhen <aankhen@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: understanding the function outline-level
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 02:00:46 +0530
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To: Michael Brand <michael.ch.brand@gmail.com>, Org mailing list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>

Hi Michael,

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 21:53, Michael Brand <michael.ch.brand@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
> I am on the way of tracking down an (Org?) buglet and now
> outline-level tries to strike me with my lack of experience with
> "Match Data" of Emacs search and I would like to ask for some help to
> understand.
>
> M-: (outline-level) returns a value that I don't understand yet. The
> number does not correspond to the amount of stars and is independent
> of at the beginning of which line the point was before. And when I
> look at the implementation of outline-level I am missing a function
> that initializes the "Match Data". Where is that last search or match
> operation?

Here=E2=80=99s a slightly more complicated alternative method:

,----
| (progn
|   (org-back-to-heading)
|   (org-reduced-level (org-current-level)))
`----

This will take into account `org-odd-levels-only'.

Aankhen