I see. That makes sense. Thank you very much for getting back to me with info. This is much appreciated!
Marie Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> writes: > Marie-Helene Burle <mhbu...@gmail.com> writes: > >> 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 >> - >> ... >> 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. > > You can still use org-meta-return at your own risk if you upgrade to the > latest Org mode. Just hide the warning message that is now displayed in > place of the error. > > The reason org-meta-return and some other functions worked in the past > is their internal implementation based on regular expressions. In the > newer Org mode, we are switching to internal implementation based on Org > parser - it is more accurate and fixes various bugs, but can fail > unpredictably when not in Org mode buffer. > > In future, there is a chance that Org parser will be able to run without > errors (although not necessarily accurately) in non-Org buffers, but it > is not something I am specifically looking to fix - rather a side effect > of some planned changes.
