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From: Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Valid use cases for lists?
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 20:39:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h9nsh4f6.fsf@gmx.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAE+_6TxObUpqj82dUk63D1A47BTLOsaomWwmWDUYLjjwZBSAzw@mail.gmail.com

Peter Salazar <cycleofsong@gmail.com> writes:

> Export isn't a good reason to use lists over headings, since you can always
> export headings as <li> lists if you want to, e.g. by setting number of
> heading levels in export options. This doesn't mean plain text lists aren't
> useful in org, it just means you don't need them to get lists in your
> export format.

Semantically, lists are nicer.

Compare this is your org file.

* A very long item which you'd like to split over several lines A very long item which you'd like to split over several lines A very long item which you'd like to split over several lines A very long item which you'd like to split over several lines

  - A very long item which you'd like to split over several lines A very
    long item which you'd like to split over several lines A very long
    item which you'd like to split over several lines A very long item
    which you'd like to split over several lines


Which one do you prefer?


-- 
With monopolies the cake is a lie!

  reply	other threads:[~2015-08-21 18:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-19 19:32 Valid use cases for lists? Chris Patti
2015-08-19 19:55 ` Rasmus
2015-08-20 15:18   ` Mike McLean
2015-08-21  3:59   ` Peter Salazar
2015-08-21 18:39     ` Rasmus [this message]
2015-08-23 17:18       ` Peter Salazar
2015-08-19 20:00 ` Kyle Meyer
2015-08-19 21:02 ` Florian Beck
2015-08-20 14:06 ` Matt Lundin

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