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From: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
To: Michael Brand <michael.ch.brand@gmail.com>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>, Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: alignment of description list in Org and export old and new
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:26:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r4toeknv.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALn3zojmSsa5t+10P+MA5B1ocwPfZOsqB5Cx+CUgui+vUuJNvw@mail.gmail.com> (Michael Brand's message of "Tue, 5 Jun 2012 21:48:11 +0200")

Hello,

Michael Brand <michael.ch.brand@gmail.com> writes:

> For this alignment with M-q (fill-paragraph) and C-c C-c on
> description list I suggest a formatting cookie, similar to Org table
> where "<19>" on any row narrows the column:
> - when any item contains only "<>": align all descriptions to the
>   widest term of the list
> - when any item contains only "<19>": align all descriptions as if the
>   widest term would be 19 wide, if necessary start the description on
>   the next line to not hide the rest of a longer term
> - when none of the items matches "^<[0-9]*>$": rearrange whitespace
>   like now, which means without aligning

I think this would complicate code base for little benefit. I suggest to
live with that kind of limitation.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2012-06-09 12:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-02  9:18 alignment of description list in Org and export old and new Michael Brand
2012-06-04  3:36 ` Jambunathan K
2012-06-05 19:48   ` Michael Brand
2012-06-09 12:26     ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2012-06-10 16:39 ` Michael Brand
2012-06-12 12:37   ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-07-31 15:33 ` Michael Brand
2012-08-01 14:09   ` Michael Brand
2012-08-01 14:17     ` Bastien

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