From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Grant Rettke <gcr@wisdomandwonder.com>
Cc: Org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to use em-dash as a bullet for plain text lists?
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:14:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d0wta20y.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAjq1mezxcfN1MWCaT6zD3R-x4EKmC98_02G4OTOfZEiyXV+8Q@mail.gmail.com> (Grant Rettke's message of "Wed, 13 Jun 2018 22:09:12 -0500")
Hello,
Grant Rettke <gcr@wisdomandwonder.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I want to use em-dash as a bullet for plain lists.
>
> I read the documentation and didn't see a customization option.
>
> I read org-list.el only enough to get a rough idea of how it
> works. org-at-item-p, org-at-item-bullet-p, org-item-re seem important for
> understanding the structure.
>
> Before I go any further (studying or coding)
>
> 1. How would you go about this?
> 2. Is it worth me going further on figuring out how this works and how to
> do it?
This is not supported and I think it shouldn't be. Since its inception,
Org syntax focuses on ASCII characters. em dashes do not belong to that
class.
What could be possible, however, is to add UTF-8 characters as overlays
on top of standard bullets. I think "org-bullet" does something like
that.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
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2018-06-14 3:09 How to use em-dash as a bullet for plain text lists? Grant Rettke
2018-06-14 14:14 ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2018-06-14 16:35 ` Grant Rettke
2018-06-15 0:35 ` Grant Rettke
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