Variable: org-special-ctrl-a

org-special-ctrl-a is an alias and customizable for org-special-ctrl-a/e, defined in org.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

Non-nil means C-a and C-e behave specially in headlines and items.

When t, C-a will bring back the cursor to the beginning of the headline text, i.e. after the stars and after a possible TODO keyword. In an item, this will be the position after bullet and check-box, if any. When the cursor is already at that position, another C-a will bring it to the beginning of the line.

C-e will jump to the end of the headline, ignoring the presence of tags in the headline. A second C-e will then jump to the true end of the line, after any tags. This also means that, when this variable is non-nil, C-e also will never jump beyond the end of the heading of a folded section, i.e. not after the ellipses.

When set to the symbol reversed, the first C-a or C-e works normally, going to the true line boundary first. Only a directly following, identical keypress will bring the cursor to the special positions.

This may also be a cons cell where the behavior for C-a and C-e is set separately.

Aliases

org-special-ctrl-a