From: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Changed list indentation behavior: how to revert?
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 22:42:02 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ima67sol.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <665024.1605436621@apollo2.minshall.org>
Greg Minshall <minshall@umich.edu> writes:
> hi, all.
>
> David Rogers <davidandrewrogers@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Am I crazy to say that your last example of unwanted behavior is
>> easier for me to read and understand? (and to me the common
>> indenting is a hopeless mess?)
>
> yes, in fact, the "new" way sort of has the buffer indentation match
> that of the outline structure of the file (specified by asterisks).
> there's a lot to be said for that. (though, obviously, it's not what
> everyone would want.)
>
> if the new mode stays as the standard, maybe we'd want to capture an
> asterisk typed immediately after a newline that would (by default), put
> that line-beginning asterisk back in column one?
>
I think this would be a great improvement. It is probably more comon
that that when you type an asterisk as the first character in the line
you want it to be a header and therefore, in the first column. On rare
occasions when you do want an asterisk at the beginning of the line, you
can indent it manually.
> otherwise, this is what one gets (without remembering to do a C-j
> instead of <RET>):
> -----
> * i wanted a headline<RET>
> * i wanted a subhead, but it's ignored by org mode
> -----
> which is maybe not optimal?
>
> in most non-org modes (including in Org Src... buffers, and in org files
> when writing org-mode lists), i'm a big fan of electric indent mode.
>
> maybe an org-specific setting, "org-file-indent-follows-structure"? if
> true, it means the user wants to have a "raw" org document laid out
> according to the outline structure of the document. if false, it means
> one, in general, wants the org file laid out with left-alignment (or,
> right, in right-to-left) languages (not including embedded lists, and
> whatever else i might be ignoring).
>
Seems like a reasonable approach to me.
--
Tim Cross
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Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-13 17:30 Changed list indentation behavior: how to revert? Karl Voit
2020-11-13 21:10 ` Gustavo Barros
2020-11-13 21:38 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-14 3:02 ` Greg Minshall
2020-11-13 21:47 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-13 22:13 ` Gustavo Barros
2020-11-13 22:21 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-14 17:28 ` Diego Zamboni
2020-11-14 19:10 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-15 12:44 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2020-11-15 13:26 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-15 21:59 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2020-11-15 22:15 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-16 7:15 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2020-11-16 6:26 ` Greg Minshall
2020-11-14 10:45 ` Diego Zamboni
2020-11-13 21:31 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-14 22:43 ` David Rogers
2020-11-15 5:38 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-15 7:47 ` David Rogers
2020-11-15 8:54 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-15 10:37 ` Greg Minshall
2020-11-15 11:42 ` Tim Cross [this message]
2020-11-15 11:48 ` Gustavo Barros
2020-11-15 11:58 ` Detlef Steuer
2020-11-15 12:09 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-15 14:50 ` Gustavo Barros
2020-11-15 15:11 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-15 10:44 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2020-11-15 11:22 ` Detlef Steuer
2020-11-15 14:03 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2020-11-16 5:24 ` Kyle Meyer
2020-11-16 6:41 ` Tim Cross
2020-11-16 7:15 ` Tim Cross
2020-11-16 11:21 ` Gustavo Barros
2020-11-16 23:24 ` T.F. Torrey
2020-11-17 1:21 ` Tom Gillespie
2020-11-17 7:01 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2020-11-17 7:48 ` Michal Politowski
2020-11-19 4:17 ` Marcel Ventosa
2020-11-16 8:06 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2020-11-16 12:10 ` Bill Burdick
2020-11-16 6:54 ` Greg Minshall
2020-11-16 7:12 ` Tim Cross
2020-11-17 4:03 ` Greg Minshall
2020-11-17 5:25 ` Tim Cross
2020-11-17 13:15 ` Greg Minshall
2020-11-16 7:01 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2020-11-16 7:22 ` Tim Cross
2020-11-16 16:04 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2020-11-16 16:26 ` Tom Gillespie
2020-11-16 18:12 ` gyro funch
2020-11-16 18:48 ` Tom Gillespie
2020-11-16 19:41 ` Bill Burdick
2020-11-16 19:56 ` Tom Gillespie
2020-11-16 21:50 ` Tim Cross
2020-11-16 23:01 ` Tom Gillespie
2020-11-16 21:44 ` Tim Cross
2020-11-16 18:20 ` gyro funch
2020-11-16 20:56 ` Tim Cross
2020-11-16 21:35 ` Bill Burdick
2020-11-16 22:44 ` Tom Gillespie
2020-11-16 23:55 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2020-11-17 9:05 ` Stefan Nobis
2020-11-17 9:15 ` Loris Bennett
2020-11-17 9:32 ` Diego Zamboni
2020-11-17 14:29 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2020-11-17 16:25 ` Robert Pluim
2020-11-16 23:39 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2020-11-16 21:35 ` Tim Cross
2020-11-17 0:11 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2020-11-17 8:45 ` Detlef Steuer
2020-11-17 9:41 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-17 15:33 ` Maxim Nikulin
2020-11-16 13:00 ` Uwe Brauer
2020-11-16 16:10 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
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