I think I've fixed the issues brought up with this new patch.  Please
let me know what you think.

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Nathaniel Flath <flat0103@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> But I can't help thinking this could lead to unexpected results in
>>> some cases (admittedly less than when alpha bullets could be any size
>>> long).
>>
>> It definitely will.
>>
>> Here is an alternative idea.  Nathaniel, what do you
>> think about this: We could keep the numbering as we
>> have it in the Org file, but introduce something like [@a]
>> in the first item that will convert the numbering
>> into a,b,... upon export to ASCII, HTML, maybe even LaTeX
>> (even though I think LaTeX demands some consistency here
>> and prefers to have the global setup decide how lists work).
>> Hell, we could even use [@A] for capitals and [@i] and [@I]
>> for roman numbering :)
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>
> Sorry for the late response - got swamped with work for a bit.
>
> I'd much prefer the approach I've been going with, mostly since I
> don't usually export my notes and mostly view them in org-mode.  I'll
> work on the patch tonight - should send a patch either later tonight
> or tomorow.
>
> Thanks,
> Nathaniel Flath
>