> On Nov 30, 2020, at 9:21 AM, Titus von der Malsburg <malsb...@posteo.de> > wrote: > > > When I start a new line with '* ' followed by RET, the space is automatically > deleted and I’m left with a line that just has the asterisk (i.e. not a > headline). > > Unfortunately there are use cases where empty headlines make sense and they > occur often in my work. One example is Beamer slides where each headline at > some level produces a slide. If the user needs a slide without title > (common, e.g., for a large images that fill the slide), an empty headline is > needed. > > Is there a way to teach Org to leave the empty headline intact? > > I may be old-fashioned but when I type '* ', I do it for a reason and I wish > that my text editor respects that. :) >
Instead of `* SPACE RET', try `* SPACE C-j'. This works for me and leaves a blank heading intact through export. HTH, Chuck
