Re: Bug: shiftmeta[left|right] on multi line items [9.1.2 (release_9.1.2-40-g6ca906 @ /usr/local/share/emacs/27.0.50/lisp/org/)]

[Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>]

Hello,

Nathan Aclander <nathan.aclander@gmail.com> writes:

> When using lists in org like the following:
>
> - Item 1
>   - Sub-item 1
>   - Sub-item 1
> - Item 2
> - Item 3
>
> I can shift them left and right using ~org-shiftmetaright~ or
> ~org-shiftmetaleft~.
>
> This also works on the following list:
>
> - Item 1
>   - This is a very long sub-item that is definitely going to be longer
>     than 80 characters.
>   - Sub-item 2
> - Item 2
> - Item 3
>
> When my cursor is on the second line ( the line that begins with "This
> is a very..." I can move the sub-item left and right as expected.
>
> When my cursor is on the third line ( the line that begins with "than
> 80..." I get a message saying:
>
> "user-error: This command is active in special context like tables,
> headlines or items"
>
> Because this *does* work when my cursor is on the above line, I know org
> knows how to handle multi line items. Therefore I think it's a bug that
> org doesn't recognize the cursor being inside a list when it is on the second
> line of a multi item list.

I don't qualify this as a bug. These commands explicitly work when point
is at the beginning of an item. Indeed, the sub-item may be arbitrarily
large, contain tables... it would be confusing to move the whole
sub-list when its structure is out of sight.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou