Cell Attributes

Attributes are named properties whose values are specific to an outline cell. Thus, each cell, including the invisible 0 root cell, has its own attribute list. Every cell has three standard attributes:

idstamp

The permanent id of the cell, typically used in cross-file hyperlinks that reference the cell, this is a whole number that starts from 0, which is always the hidden root cell of the outline tree.

creator

The e-mail address of the person who created this cell.

create-time

The time at which the cell was created. This is stored in a form that allows for easy data comparisons but is displayed in a human readable format, such as ‘Jan 28 18:27:59 CST 2021’.

{C-c C-i} adds, modifies or removes an attribute from a cell. The prefix argument given to this command determines what it does.

{C-c C-i}

sets an attribute of the cell at point; setting an attribute’s value to ‘nil’ is the same as removing it.

{C-u C-c C-i}

removes an attribute of the cell at point

{C-0 C-c C-i}

sets an attribute of the invisible 0 root cell

{C--1 C-c C-i}

removes an attribute of the invisible 0 root cell

The ‘no-fill’ attribute is special. When set to ‘t’, it prevents movement, promotion, demotion, exchange, split or append commands from refilling the cell, even if the variable, kotl-mode:refill-flag, is set to ‘t’. It does not prevent you from invoking explicit commands that refill the cell. See Filling.

{C-c h} prompts for a cell label and displays the cell’s attributes. {C-u C-c h} prompts for a cell label and displays the attributes for it and its subtree; use 0 as the kcell id to see attributes for all visible cells in the outline.