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Subject: Re: Request for opinions:  [ANN] List improvement v.2o
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:38:46 +0200
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To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: Org Mode List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>

Carsten Dominik wrote:

> 2. Some existing documents will break because we now need an end-of-list
>   that is clearly defined, and not by indentation.  Nicolas proposes a
>   double empty line or some special string to be defined.  Breaking 
> existing
>   documents is always bad, of cause.  I still hope we can do something
>   about this if we think really hard, like making text that is less
>   indented than the list *also* terminate a list.
> 

+1

Ending lists by indentation most closely resembles how one would end a 
list in ordinary typed prose (with a single blank line before a 
following paragraph, not two, certainly not with an end-of-list 
symbol). Since Org is currently capable of understanding this 
"natural" syntax, the change would be a real step backwards.

Speaking for myself I know it would break a *lot* of my stuff.

Otherwise, Nicolas Goaziou's changes look nice. I hope a way can be 
found to have it both ways.

Yours,
Christian