Re: [O] org-list-allow-alphabetical LaTeX export

[Carsten Dominik]

On 6 jun. 2013, at 11:11, Michael Bach <address@hidden> wrote:

> Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
>>> On 6 jun. 2013, at 10:20, Michael Bach <phaebz <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The LaTeX exporter does not honor the setting of org-list-allow-
> alphabetical.  
>> 
>> I think it never did.  Such a list is just an ordered list for export, the 
> bullet type is just visual sugar in the Org buffer.
>> To force a special bulllet type, you should use other means (literal 
> LaTeX).  For example:
>> 
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> * test
>> 
>> 1. skfkshafkj
>> 2. fkjshfksj
>> 
>> #+LaTeX: {\renewcommand{\theenumi}{\alph{enumi}}
>> 
>> 1. kajsfkjhf
>> 2. fjsfksjhf
>> 
>> #+LaTeX: }
>> 
>> 1. sss
>> 2. ljhsdfkjh
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
> 
> Oh, I never saw it handled by the exporter, just a wrong assumption.  Just 
> out of curiosity, do you think this could be implemented 'easily'?


I guess it could be - but I am not sure if it should.  Conventions about the 
type of bullet to be used in a document belong to the typesetting side, and I 
rather establish a global setting for a document than follow my momentary 
decisions when I write the Org-mode version of it.  On a similar vein, we do 
have lists starting with - and * and +, but we still let LaTeX and HTML choose 
what to use as a bullet.  To me this feels like the right behavior.

- Carsten

> 
> Thanks for clarification and example.
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
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