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From: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: alignment of description list in Org and export old and new
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:26:12 +0200
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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,

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Nicolas Goaziou