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[Orgmode] Re: list indentation
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cezar |
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[Orgmode] Re: list indentation |
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Sat, 9 Feb 2008 00:29:22 +0000 (UTC) |
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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:24:39 +0100, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> On Feb 7, 2008, at 7:58 PM, cezar wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am using org-mode version 5.17a and I sometimes need to write some
>> details on a task like:
>>
>> ** TODO something to be done
>> notes about this task
>> come here and they include a list
>> - blah
>> - blah
>> And another list
>> - foo
>> - foo
>> And one more list
>> - bar
>> - bar
>>
>> Now, this is not what it should look like ! The lists need to be
>> aligned properly.
>
>
> Hi Cezar,
>
> Org-mode tries its best to guess what you mean and then do it. However,
> it is not a true mind reader, and it cannot know how you intend your
> lists to be structured. This structure you show is valid and might just
> as well be what you mean.
>
> However, Org-mode helps you to create the lists either way. What you
> probably did is (I am guessing here):
>
> - type "And another list"
> - press RET to get a new line
> - press TAB to indent, Org assumes that you want to continue
> text as *part* of he current item.
> - type "-" to make a new item
> - press TAB in the hope that the line would be outdented
> to match your intended structure. Bummer. Org keeps the
> structure because it assumes by setting the indentation, this is
> what you mean.
>
> What you could have done
> - type "And another list"
> - press RET to get a new line
> - type "-" to make a new item
> - press TAB to indent, now org-mode matches up the "-"
> with the previous ones, because before indenting the line you
> told it that you intended it to be an item in time.
>
> What you really should have done
> - type "And another list"
> - M-RET to create the next item.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> - Carsten
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>> Am I making any sense ?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Cezar
>>
>>
>>
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My problem is that "Another list" is indented (because it's under a list
element row). So what I'd want is org-mode to know that/when the list
ends which is at the end of the line (maybe use a dot)
Thank you for explaining.
Cezar
- [Orgmode] list indentation, cezar, 2008/02/07
- Re: [Orgmode] list indentation, Hugo Schmitt, 2008/02/07
- Re: [Orgmode] list indentation, Carsten Dominik, 2008/02/08
- [Orgmode] Re: list indentation,
cezar <=
- Re: [Orgmode] Re: list indentation, Carsten Dominik, 2008/02/09
- [Orgmode] Re: list indentation, cezar, 2008/02/09
- Re: [Orgmode] Re: list indentation, Eddward DeVilla, 2008/02/09
- Re: [Orgmode] Re: list indentation, William Henney, 2008/02/09
- [Orgmode] Re: list indentation, cezar, 2008/02/09
- Re: [Orgmode] Re: list indentation, William Henney, 2008/02/09
- Re: [Orgmode] Re: list indentation, Eddward DeVilla, 2008/02/09
- Re: [Orgmode] Re: list indentation, William Henney, 2008/02/09
- Re: [Orgmode] Re: list indentation, Eddward DeVilla, 2008/02/09
- Re: [Orgmode] Re: list indentation, William Henney, 2008/02/09