Hi,

following this thread,  I have revisited the commands
`C-c -' and `C-c *' and hope that they are now better
behaved and more useful:


   If there is an active region, these commands will act on the
   region, otherwise on the current line.

   C-c -
       This command turns headings or normal lines into
       items, or items into normal lines.  When there is a
       region, everything depends on the first line of the
       region:
        - if it is a item, turn all items in the region into
          normal lines.
        - if it is a headline, turn all headlines in the region
          into items.
        - if it is a normal line, turn all lines into items.
        - special case: if there is no active region and the
          current line is an item, cycle the bullet type of the
          current list.

    C-c *
        This command turns items and normal lines into
        headings, or headings into normal lines.  When there is
        a region, everything depends on the first line of the
        region:
        - if it is a item, turn all items in the region into
          headlines.
        - if it is a headline, turn all headlines in the region
          into normal lines.
        - if it is a normal line, turn all lines into headlines.

I hope these commands a now more consistent and better.

- Carsten

On Dec 29, 2008, at 8:57 PM, Scott Otterson wrote:

> I just discovered the very handy C-* function -- I've been  
> converting lists to headlines manually!   But I also discovered a  
> couple of bugs:
>
> If I select a region containing a plain list and then type C-*, org  
> mode adds the leading stars but doesn't remove the plain list  
> symbols, for example, this:
>
> * headline
>  - list 1
>  - list 2
>
> is converted to this:
>
> * headline
> *** - list 1
> *** - list 2
>
> Also, if I'm at the end of a file so that the region can't be  
> extended beyond the end of the last item in the list, then that item  
> isn't converted.  In other words, I get this:
>
> * headline
> *** - list 1
> - list 2
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
>
>
>
>
>
>
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