From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leonard Avery Randall Subject: Re: Confused about list indentation Date: Thu, 08 May 2014 19:44:17 +0100 Message-ID: <536BD081.9070109@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------020601020103090200040902" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51610) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WiTJ2-0007yC-8h for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2014 14:44:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WiTIt-0005CT-6q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2014 14:44:32 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-x233.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::233]:49682) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WiTIt-0005CK-01 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2014 14:44:23 -0400 Received: by mail-we0-f179.google.com with SMTP id q59so2987557wes.10 for ; Thu, 08 May 2014 11:44:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Guido Van Hoecke Cc: orgmode This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------020601020103090200040902 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Guido Van Hoecke wrote: > > I am a bit confused about indentation in the example at node > '2.7 Plain Lists' in the Org info file: > > The last line aligns the word 'him' directly under 'Sean', which is > what I expect. > > The 'He makes a really...' sentence is aligned under the list hyphen, > rather than under 'on DVD...' > > Is this not inconsistent? I'd expect it to be indented two extra > positions to the right, similar to the last sentence. I believe the reason for the disparity is that 'He makes a really funny face', is supposed to be associated with 'Peter Jackson being shot by legolas' rather than 'on DVD only'. I believe the example is supposed to show that list items can contain both subsidiary lists and whole paragraphs. If the paragraph were supposed to be associated with the lower level list item it would be indented as you expected. All the best, Leonard --------------020601020103090200040902 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit


Guido Van Hoecke wrote:


I am a bit confused about indentation in the example at node
'2.7 Plain Lists' in the Org info file:



The last line aligns the word 'him' directly under 'Sean', which is
what I expect.

The 'He makes a really...' sentence is aligned under the list hyphen,
rather than under 'on DVD...'

Is this not inconsistent? I'd expect it to be indented two extra
positions to the right, similar to the last sentence.


I believe the reason for the disparity is that 'He makes a really funny face', is supposed to be associated with 'Peter Jackson being shot by legolas' rather than 'on DVD only'. I believe the example is supposed to show that list items can contain both subsidiary lists and whole paragraphs. If the paragraph were supposed to be associated with the lower level list item it would be indented as you expected. 

All the best,
Leonard
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