Re: Is function 'org-insert-property-drawer' usable?

[Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>]

On 31/12/2022 23:24, Alain.Cochard@unistra.fr wrote:
> For me,
> 
>    C-u C-c C-x d
> 
> does insert a 'PROPERTIES' drawer, but
> 
>    M-x org-insert-property-drawer
> 
> does not.

I suppose, the idea is to invoke it like

     C-u M-x org-insert-drawer

On 01/01/2023 20:23, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> Ruijie Yu via writes:
> 
>> According to the source code of `org-insert-drawer', I think the manual
>> is saying that when ARG is non-nil, the function simply calls
>> `org-insert-property-drawer'.  However, `org-insert-property-drawer' is
>> not declared interactive, so you wouldn't be able to M-x it.
> 
> I guess we can just make it into a command. I see no downsides.

At least it was an intentional change:

commit 471ddbd14e2bb3e7689cdca5e6a461e54b8be9d8
Author: Bastien Guerry
Date:   Thu Jan 26 09:18:10 2012 +0100

     Improve `org-insert-drawer' and related documentation.

     * org.el (org-insert-property-drawer): Not an interactive
     command anymore.
     (org-insert-drawer): With a prefix argument, insert a property
     drawer.  Check for headline within the region before inserting
     the drawer.  Don't include special drawers in the completion
     table.
     (org-mode-map): New keybinding `C-c C-x d' for
     `org-insert-drawer'.

     * org.texi (Drawers): How to insert/complete drawers.

     Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for the discussion and the patch.