* Consecutive plain list items of different types
@ 2023-09-22 0:41 Tom Alexander
2023-09-22 9:24 ` Ihor Radchenko
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From: Tom Alexander @ 2023-09-22 0:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
The org-mode documentation[1] states for plain lists that:
> List types are mutually exclusive at the same level of indentation, if both types are present consecutively then they parse as separate lists.
first a minor nit-pick that "both" is probably not the correct word here since there are 3 types of lists, not two (unordered, ordered, and descriptive). I'd go with "multiple" instead IMO.
but more importantly, based on that description I would expect the following test document to parse into three separate plain lists, but it parses as a single plain list with 3 items:
```
1. foo
- bar
- lorem :: ipsum
```
[1] https://orgmode.org/worg/org-syntax.html#Plain_Lists
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Tom Alexander
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* Re: Consecutive plain list items of different types
2023-09-22 0:41 Consecutive plain list items of different types Tom Alexander
@ 2023-09-22 9:24 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-05-03 11:07 ` Ihor Radchenko
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From: Ihor Radchenko @ 2023-09-22 9:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tom Alexander, Timothy; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
"Tom Alexander" <tom@fizz.buzz> writes:
> The org-mode documentation[1] states for plain lists that:
>> List types are mutually exclusive at the same level of indentation, if both types are present consecutively then they parse as separate lists.
>
> first a minor nit-pick that "both" is probably not the correct word here since there are 3 types of lists, not two (unordered, ordered, and descriptive). I'd go with "multiple" instead IMO.
Fixed.
https://git.sr.ht/~bzg/worg/commit/c7445f84
> but more importantly, based on that description I would expect the following test document to parse into three separate plain lists, but it parses as a single plain list with 3 items:
>
> ```
> 1. foo
> - bar
> - lorem :: ipsum
> ```
>
> [1] https://orgmode.org/worg/org-syntax.html#Plain_Lists
AFAIK, the first item determines the list type in our parser.
Timothy, do you remember why you wrote about different list types being
parsed separately?
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* Re: Consecutive plain list items of different types
2023-09-22 9:24 ` Ihor Radchenko
@ 2024-05-03 11:07 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-05-03 16:39 ` Tom Gillespie
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From: Ihor Radchenko @ 2024-05-03 11:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tom Alexander, Tom Gillespie; +Cc: Timothy, emacs-orgmode
Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:
>> but more importantly, based on that description I would expect the following test document to parse into three separate plain lists, but it parses as a single plain list with 3 items:
>>
>> ```
>> 1. foo
>> - bar
>> - lorem :: ipsum
>> ```
>>
>> [1] https://orgmode.org/worg/org-syntax.html#Plain_Lists
>
> AFAIK, the first item determines the list type in our parser.
> Timothy, do you remember why you wrote about different list types being
> parsed separately?
I see no explanation, except reference to previous discussions with Tom
Gillespie. However, searching in the archives, I do not see anything
related to plain list parser.
Considering that the parser does not distinguish consecutive lists of the
same time (unless they are properly separated with double blank), I
removed the confusing statement.
Fixed.
https://git.sr.ht/~bzg/worg/commit/81425d84
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Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
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* Re: Consecutive plain list items of different types
2024-05-03 11:07 ` Ihor Radchenko
@ 2024-05-03 16:39 ` Tom Gillespie
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From: Tom Gillespie @ 2024-05-03 16:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ihor Radchenko; +Cc: Tom Alexander, Timothy, emacs-orgmode
IIRC I wrote the part about there being two types of lists at the syntax level,
which are bulleted and numbered, descriptive are effectively bulleted in the
context of this behavior, but I think it is fine to say multiple.
With regard to the stated behavior about consecutive being parsed separately
I don't remember writing that part unless as was suggested I mean that they
were fully separate lists, but that wouldn't make sense.
The behavior is that everything at a level is converted to the type of
the first occurring list item at that level.
One wrinkle is that when applied to individual list items org-element
will report the type as written (which is expected) however on export
they are converted to the type of the first occurring item.
So the now-removed sentence might have referred to the org-element behavior.
Regardless, the change is an improvement. Thanks!
Tom
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