From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: avoiding "First item of list cannot move without its subtree" Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 16:32:06 +0000 Message-ID: <87bmtw3jsp.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: Reply-To: Eric S Fraga Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59002) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cfqsp-0005tC-6m for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 11:32:16 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cfqsm-00055B-0i for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 11:32:15 -0500 Received: from mail-db5eur01on0096.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([104.47.2.96]:44941 helo=EUR01-DB5-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cfqsl-00054X-Nf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 11:32:11 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Max Rydahl Andersen's message of "Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:58:18 +0000") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Monday, 20 Feb 2017 at 12:58, Max Rydahl Andersen wrote: > Hi, > > First time poster and recently started using org-mode and so far enjoying= it :) > > One nag I do have though is how moving of basic lists are handled. > I constantly bump into "First item of list cannot move without its subtre= e" > > Is there a way to avoid this error and instead be given the option to > say "Please just move it up to the next level" ? > > What I often have is that I during a meeting or brain dump do this: > > * Some important topic > - idea 1, some notes > - idea 2, another note > - idea 3, a third note Maybe change your approach and use headlines throughout: * Some important topic ** idea 1 some notes ** idea 2 another note ** idea 3 a third note ? You can still move these about and pro/de-mote them as required but you can now add task management keywords easily. =2D-=20 : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 26.0.50.1, Org release_9.0.4-242-g2c27b8 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EARECAB0WIQSPXCedOQfhSlwpVw3IkZPY//z2fQUCWKsaBgAKCRDIkZPY//z2 fZzGAJ4imN8NYAoyL3wHqGna8PVVFXVlogCgigiq2Je2Rk942bEq7Hc5O3uY02Q= =tzGu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--