Re: [POLL] Should we accept breaking changes to get rid of Org libraries that perform side effects when loading?

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Russell Adams <RLAdams@adamsinfoserv.com> writes:

> So just to be clear, we want a method to make a heading with all the
> features of headings, but that isn't a heading or treated like a
> heading?

> Isn't the key feature that the inline task is a heading except it is
> exempt from the folding logic (ie: sparse tree)?

> Why can't we do this with a flag or cookie in a heading? We already
> have priority cookies.

We might. Adding gazillion of stars is not conceptually different from
adding a spacial cookie.

The only extra thing required is some way to mark inlinetask ending,
because we must be able to continue the containing section below
inlinetask:

* [#inline] Inlinetask
* [#inline] END

> Shouldn't this be excluded from core and supplied by someone's custom
> plugin if they want this ability? Org-mode should focus on the
> headings and their data, and if you need to hack in some extra syntax
> perhaps Org doesn't need to concern itself.

Because it will be feature regression.
And it will not be possible with a custom plugin without significant
changes in how all the headline editing commands, agenda, sparse trees,
etc work - they all assume very specific heading syntax.

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