"Dr. Michael Hailer" <[email protected]> writes: > Org already provides org-cut-subtree, but there does not appear to be a > corresponding command for simply deleting a subtree. One workaround is to call > org-cut-subtree and then modify the kill ring afterwards, but that seems > undesirable since the intention is not to kill the subtree in the first place. > > Would an org-delete-subtree command be useful in Org core? > ... > The intended distinction would simply be: > * org-cut-subtree: remove the subtree and put it into the kill ring > * org-delete-subtree: remove the subtree without touching the kill ring > > Does this sound like functionality that would be appropriate for Org itself?
I personally do not have much use for such a command. However, considering that Emacs has delete-region as an equivalent to kill-region, I do not see why we cannot have it. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode maintainer, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
