Re: [Orgmode] PROPERTIES before the first headline

[Carsten Dominik]

On Feb 17, 2010, at 3:06 PM, Stephan Schmitt wrote:

> Forgot to say: yes, I think it is
> intentional that this does not work
> before the first headline (properties
> belong to headlines not to files)
>
> But maybe it would make sense to allow
> for "file properties".

No, I don't think so.  All the meta data belongs to entries - even if  
it can be inherited from the file or even global settings.

- Carsten

> Also sprach Stephan Schmitt:
> > Hi Christian,
> >
> > you forgot the colon after PROPERTY,
> > i.e. the following line at the beginning
> > of the buffer does work:
> >
> > #+PROPERTY: myprop don't ask
> >
> > (don't forget to refresh the buffer
> > setup by typing C-c C-c with the cursor
> > in that line).
> >
> > Then the call
> >
> > (org-entry-get (point) "myprop" t)
> >
> > returns "don't ask".  Note the third
> > argument (t), which allows inheritance.
> >
> > Hth,
> >         Stephan
> >
> > Also sprach Christian Wittern:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > Extending my use of org-mode has left
> > > me running into another wall: I would
> > > like to set some custom properties
> > > globally for the whole file, before
> > > everything else.  There does not seem
> > > to be a way to do this
> > >
> > > #+PROPERTY myprop don't ask
> > >
> > > and having the :PROPERTY: drawer after
> > > the #+ lines also does not seem to
> > > work: Whenever I try to use the API
> > > functions to get at the property, I am
> > > told that I am before the first
> > > headling (which I know).  So, is this
> > > behavior intentional?  And if yes, is
> > > there a way to work around this?
> > >
> > > All the best,
> > >
> > > Christian
> > >
> > >
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- Carsten