Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> writes:
> The only way I found so far to create a drawer is to actually type the
> damn thing in (I'm talking about my own drawers, not the special
> drawers that org knows something about). I didn't find any utility
> functions to insert drawers (except for :PROPERTIES:), and somewhat to
> my surprise, completion does not seem to work for drawer names: I
> expected typing a colon and M-TAB would allow me to use drawer names for
> completion, but it seems to only care about property keys, even if I'm
> not in the context of a :PROPERTIES: drawer. Am I missing something?
For a quick hack, you might try this one:
diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 7163e8f..129e08c 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -14397,6 +14397,11 @@ formats in the current buffer."
(defun org-insert-property-drawer ()
"Insert a property drawer into the current entry."
(interactive)
+ (org-insert-drawer "PROPERTIES"))
+
+(defun org-insert-drawer (drawer)
+ "Insert a drawer into the current entry."
+ (interactive "sDrawer: ")
(org-back-to-heading t)
(looking-at org-outline-regexp)
(let ((indent (if org-adapt-indentation
@@ -14422,7 +14427,7 @@ formats in the current buffer."
(org-skip-over-state-notes)
(skip-chars-backward " \t\n\r")
(if (eq (char-before) ?*) (forward-char 1))
- (let ((inhibit-read-only t)) (insert "\n:PROPERTIES:\n:END:"))
+ (let ((inhibit-read-only t)) (insert "\n:" drawer ":\n:END:"))
(beginning-of-line 0)
(org-indent-to-column indent)
(beginning-of-line 2)
With M-x org-insert-drawer RET drawer-name RET inserts your own
drawer. It doesn't support completion though.
Regards, Olaf
