Philipp Kiefer <phil.kie...@gmail.com> writes:
> Unfortunately, org-paste-subtree currently attempts to "modify the level of
> the subtree to make sure the tree fits in nicely at the yank position"
> [from Org Manual].
> ...
> My suggestion would be to make a fundamental change to how the command
> works, prioritizing definite A) or B) type results over the current vague
> "the tree fits in nicely" approach. IMHO the default should be to yank at
> the same level as the focused heading. Then, if the C-u 0 numeric prefix
> (which currently produces an error message) were used to yank at one level
> below that (as subheadings of the focused heading), the functionality of
> the other numeric prefixes to set the yank level could be preserved.
AFAIU, `org-paste-subtree' already does what you want for the most part.
See the function docstring:
Paste the clipboard as a subtree, with modification of headline level.
The entire subtree is promoted or demoted in order to match a new headline
level.
If the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, the same level as
that headline is used to paste the tree.
If not, the new level is derived from the *visible* headings
before and after the insertion point, and taken to be the inferior headline
level of the two. So if the previous visible heading is level 3 and the
next is level 4 (or vice versa), level 4 will be used for insertion.
This makes sure that the subtree remains an independent subtree and does
not swallow low level entries.
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