From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nathaniel Flath Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] Alphabetical ordered lists Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:01:57 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87bp8o498o.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57779 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OoyZO-0001z2-29 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:02:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OoyZD-0001ED-B7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:02:09 -0400 Received: from mail-gw0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41]:57989) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OoyZD-0001E7-8m for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:01:59 -0400 Received: by gwj16 with SMTP id 16so1520463gwj.0 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:01:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jacob Mitchell Cc: Bernt Hansen , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Carsten Dominik I was going to fix the issues described in the first reply - not enough items in particular - and resubmit soon. I got a bit distracted by finals. I'll see if I can figure out the export problem, as well. Thanks, Nathaniel Flath On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 5:44 AM, Jacob Mitchell wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Bernt Hansen wrote: >> >> Carsten Dominik writes: >> >> > On Jul 29, 2010, at 10:27 PM, Nathaniel Flath wrote: >> > >> >> Hello all, >> >> >> >> One thing that had been bugging me was the inability to have an >> >> ordered list of the form: >> >> >> >> a. =A0Item 1 >> >> b. =A0Item 2 >> >> c. =A0Item 3 >> >> >> >> The following patch enables this, with lists going from a-z and A-Z. >> >> Let me know if there are any issues with it. >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > I am not really sure we need these. =A0They cause problems when lists = get >> > really long - also you patch does not further than "z", after that I >> > get "{". >> > >> > Furthermore the export backends implement their own numbering >> > rules anyway. =A0So it seems to me that we do not need this addition. >> > >> > Any other votes here? >> >> I'm not currently missing this feature. =A0I think it definitely would >> have to handle more entries if this was to be included in org-mode. > > I agree, that would be nice. > >> >> Maybe going something like >> >> =A0a. >> =A0b. >> =A0... >> =A0z. >> =A0aa. >> =A0ab. >> =A0... >> =A0az. >> =A0ba. >> =A0bb. >> =A0... >> =A0zz. >> =A0... and if you really need more entries than that (unlikely) you can >> =A0do >> =A0aaa. >> =A0aab. >> =A0... >> =A0and just keep going indefinitely. > > As a practical matter we should consider whether it's worth making a > non-terminating sequence that can be handled by the exporters.=A0 LaTeX's > enumerate package doesn't like going beyond (z): > > \documentclass[letterpaper]{article} > \usepackage{enumerate} > > \begin{document} > \begin{enumerate}[(z)] > \item > ... > \end{document} > > The items beyond the 26th are mapped to "()". > > Of course there are going to be ways around these issues, but the questio= n > is whether it's desirable enough to implement and maintain that.=A0 Eithe= r way > is fine with me--I'm new on the mailing list and haven't done any > development for org-mode yet. > > -Jake >> >> -Bernt >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > >