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> >>> Here's another of my pet-griefs >>> - a >>> - b >>> >>> | → M-RET will give me an itme >>> | → M-RET will give me a headline >>> >>> Why is the behavior a function of amount of whitespace/newlines to >>> nearest element? This makes not sense to me and goes against what I >>> want, namely act in accordance to element at point. . . >> >> Blank lines belong to the element at point above. >> >> In particular, number of blank lines is meaningful in plain lists and >> footnote definitions (2 blank lines mark the end of the element). In >> the first line, you're still in the list, in the next one, you're not >> anymore, hence the behaviour. >> >> Think about >> >> - a >> >> - b > > /I/ know why it does what it does. But how about the guy who's been > using Org for five minutes? Even knowing the technical/syntax reason, I > do not find this to be "predictable, and meaningful"—especially in my > initial example, less so when separating items by two lines. Just to add to that side thread: I too fall regularly into that and have to undo, add more newlines and hit M-RET again. I have been using orgmode for quite some time and still this is not 'predictable' for me. Regards, Andreas