From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Rudin Subject: Re: list items not treated as such. Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:35:06 +0100 Message-ID: <87fvsmvpmd.fsf@rudin.co.uk> References: <87txh3v5d6.fsf@rudin.co.uk> <524877EE.3030002@toel.it> <87pprrv47y.fsf@rudin.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Paul Rudin writes: > Daniele Pizzolli writes: > >> On 09/29/2013 08:40 PM, Paul Rudin wrote: >>> >>> Example: >>> >>> 1. Some text that extends over more than one line, I'm not sure if the exact >>> length is relevant. >>> a) stuff; and then >>> b) this item will not be recognised as a list item, which can be a bit of a >>> pain, so if you're typing with auto-fill on it will be formatted like this, >>> but really the second line should align underneath the text of the start of >>> the item. >>> >>> >>> Is this working as intended? It seems wrong to me - if I type item b) >>> above it surely should fill properly? >> >> Hello Paul, >> Be sure to have this setting: >> >> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results none >> (setq org-list-allow-alphabetical t) >> #+END_SRC > > Yeah, I have that in my init.el, it's not a general problem with > alphabetic labels, it's only in some contexts that problem happens. > hitting alt-enter at the end of item a) works just fine for example - I > get the b) label inserted correctly for example. Another data point on this. I have just noticed that if there is a blank line prior to the first list item then things work as they should.