Re: Reordering topics

[Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com>]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> wrote:

> > Topic A
> >   group under topic A 
> >   group under topic A 
> >   Topic B under topic A
> >      group under topic B
> >      group under topic B +
> >   group under topic A *
> 
> I now want to insert Topic D in Topic A after topic B.  I would then
> put point on the line marked "*".  Ok.  By say I wanted to insert
> Topic D in Topic B after the group marked "+".  Then I would also put
> point on the line marked "*", right?  
> 
> Which makes it difficult for Gnus to guess at what I want.

Have you taken a look at the outline modes floating around?  The "kotl"
mode stuff in hyperbole has key bindings (bound to `TAB' and `ESC TAB')
for demoting and promoting an item in the hierarchy.  In that model, you
would yank Topic D with point right after the "+" group.  If it doesn't
come out at the right level in the hierarchy (presumably, it'd either be a
new top level Topic or at the same level it was when you killed it), you
hit TAB to get it there.  How's that sound?

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