From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: list format questions Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:50:11 +0100 Message-ID: <74A494B7-21B9-4167-B9B3-B077519D7963@science.uva.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IvIWt-0007To-Dp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:20:07 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IvIWs-0007RM-Cd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:20:06 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IvIWr-0007Qf-SB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:20:05 -0500 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.188]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IvIWr-0002a2-HI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:20:05 -0500 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f5so2796632nfh for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:20:04 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Eddward DeVilla Cc: org-mode mailing list On 7Nov2007, at 6:32 PM, Eddward DeVilla wrote: > Hi, > > I have a couple of question about list formatting. Given the > example file: > > ==== sample.org ==== > > * [/] investigate > - [ ] Q1 -- A1 \\ > more A1 > - [ ] Q2 is a really, really, long Q and needs to be described in > excruciating detail. > - [ ] Q3 > > ==================== > > In Q1, the '\\' would force a line break when exported. Should/can it > force a line break when using M-q to wrap lines? If I use M-q on Q1, > the line below it wraps up to the same line as Q1. I don't think so, I would not know how to do this. Emacs uses regular expressions to detect paragraphs, and these are matched against the beginning of a line. I think this would mean implementing our own paragraph-filling functions. Too much work for now... > > In Q2, if I use M-q or auto wrap to wrap it, the word 'excruciating' > is indented so it aligns with the opening brace. If I were to > manually hit newline after anywhere before that and press tab to > indent before continuing to type, it aligns with 'Q' in 'Q2'. > Afterwards, the either indentation is maintained properly with M-q or > auto wrap. Is there an option I'm missing that I could use to make > tab and M-q & auto wrap to favor the same alignment, preferably 'Q2'? > I know list indenting was a can of worms before and I don't want to > suggest new behavior if it would clash with the current behavior. Same here - I guess this could in some ways be seen as bug in Emacs, but I am not really sure. - Carsten