Note: actually, reading that Reddit thread again, it appears that multiple persons were doing this and they regret loosing the use of org functions in non-org buffers so much that they decided to pin org to 9.6...
Marie Marie-Helene Burle <mhbu...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi Ihor, > > Thank you for your reply and your explanations: very useful to learn how the > system works 🙂 > > Prior to org 9.7, I used to use `org-meta-return` everywhere to nicely add > elements to a list. Whether in mu4e, markdown, or anywhere, typing: > > - item1 <org-meta-return> > > Would nicely give me: > > - item1 > - > > Not a big deal you will say. But I liked the behaviour. > > I know that org functions (with the exception of > `org-open-at-point-global` and maybe a few others intended to work > everywhere) are only supposed to work in org buffers. But many > functions actually used to work outside of org, even if that was never > intended. I took advantage of that 😄 > > So, indeed, not a bug and probably nothing you want to worry about. I'll just > have to learn to live without those nice little org behaviours in non-org > buffers. > > Note that the Reddit thread I linked in my prior email suggests that I > am not the only one who took advantage of this. I don't know what org > function that other user was using in non-org buffer, but it used to > work and stopped in 9.7. > > Deep thanks for all the work, > > Best, > > Marie