Re: [Babel] now understands org-mode lists

From: "Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [Babel] now understands org-mode lists
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:14:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d3q3h1b2.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 81tyjftqc4.fsf@gmail.com

Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> writes:

> "Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've just pushed up a small commit (including minimal documentation)
>> which teaches code blocks how to read and write Org-mode lists.  The
>> following example should demonstrate the new behavior.
>>
>>
>> #+results: a-list
>> - org-mode
>> - and
>> - babel
>>
>>
>> #+source: a-list
>> #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var lst=a-list :results list
>>   (reverse lst)
>> #+end_src
>>
>
> Why not call the underlying type an 'orglist'. One can for example think
> of orgpropeties etc etc.
>

I was just thinking that list is simpler and shorter, we need not prefix
everything in the Org domain with the prefix org.  Is there a regular
list that you are concerned this name will conflate with.

>
> Btw, for the sake of illustration, how would one convert a numbered list
> to an alphabetical list or an unordered list. Convert some thing like
>
> 1. One
>    1. OneOne
> 3. Two
> 4. Three
>
> to 
>
> - One
>   - One
> - Two
> - Three
>
> or 
>
> 1. One
>    1.1 OneOne
> 2. Two
> 3. Three
>
> C-c C-c on a list currently renumbers the list which I find quite
> useful. May be there is a way to 'rebind' it so that it not only
> renumbers but renumbers with a different style (that the user is
> comfortable with). Think 'replace-region' for example.
>

I haven't thought of how these `meta' or `style' properties of lists
should be represented, I am hoping that some good ideas for this will
come from the list (the mailing list).

The most obvious solution seems to be a new header argument
":list-style" or somesuch, which could take options for all org-mode
list style types.  The backend uses the `org-list-to-generic' function
which already exists inside of Org-mode and has a great deal of options
so ideally any solution will serve as a thin layer to pass options
directly from the user through to this function.  The main question is
"what's the best syntax".

Thanks -- Eric

>
> Jambunathan K.
>
>>
>> This is just a quick first pass at this functionality, there are still
>> some unanswered questions, such as if and how code blocks should
>> differentiate between ordered and unordered lists (ordered get an index
>> for each item?), how nested lists should be represented etc...
>>
>> Best -- Eric
>>
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