From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Josiah Schwab Subject: Re: org-list-allow-alphabetical LaTeX export Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 10:39:55 -0700 Message-ID: <93BA1627-D7F6-4E96-9AFC-927A6F6C8C6E@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55191) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UkeAL-0004DQ-7x for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:40:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UkeAK-0008Ex-4a for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:40:01 -0400 Received: from mail-pd0-f169.google.com ([209.85.192.169]:43579) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UkeAJ-0008En-Ti for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:40:00 -0400 Received: by mail-pd0-f169.google.com with SMTP id y10so3672718pdj.14 for ; Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:39:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Cc: Michael Bach , Carsten Dominik > On 6 jun. 2013, at 10:20, Michael Bach gmail.com> wrote: >> The LaTeX exporter does not honor the setting of = org-list-allow-alphabetical. =20 A week or so ago I asked a similar question about the HTML export and = lists. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg01324.html So I just wanted to toss in my 2=A2. On Jun 6, 2013, at 2:17 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote: > Conventions about the type of bullet to be used in a document belong = to the typesetting side, and I rather establish a global setting for a = document than follow my momentary decisions when I write the Org-mode = version of it. On a similar vein, we do have lists starting with - and = * and +, but we still let LaTeX and HTML choose what to use as a bullet. = To me this feels like the right behavior. I think this argument makes sense; and to be honest, that's probably = how I want the exporter to behave most of the time. However, there is particular use case where I find this frustrating, = which is writing problem sets. There I like to reference other parts of = the problems by name. For example,=20 a) Do something. b) Use your answer in part a) to do something else. Then, if I want to export it to multiple formats (say, html and pdf), = there is no general way to tell orgmode: "my alphabetical bullet choice = was meaningful, please try to preserve it". One ends up inserting = little workarounds for each export format. Which is not a big deal, but = when everything else works so seamlessly it's these little things that = stand out :) Best, Josiah=