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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: Latex export fails for plain lists deeper than four, works for
 html
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2016 22:10:07 +0100
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To: Scott Otterson <scotto@sharpleaf.org>
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Hello,

Scott Otterson <scotto@sharpleaf.org> writes:

> If a plain list has more than four levels, org-mode will produce latex that
> crashes.  See attached.  On the other hand, html export works fine, even
> for much deeper lists.
>
> In a large org file, this export error is pretty time consuming for a naive
> user (me) to isolate, so I'd like to suggest that, before crashing latexmk,
> org-mode should at least print a human-readable warning -- especially since
> deep list export works for other export types.
>
> Better yet, would be deeper latex lists.  There are ways:
>
> http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/41408/a-five-level-deep-list
> 1. level 1.1
>    1. level 2.1
>       1. level 3.1
>          1. level 4.1
>             1. level 5.1 (works if this level is deleted)
>             2. level 5.2 (works if this level is deleted)
>          2. level 4.2
>       2. level 3.2
>    2. level 2.2
> 2. level 1.2

Again, this doesn't crash here. 

Also, the manual already gives hint about how to support more than four
levels of nesting for lists.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou