From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: =?UTF-8?B?UmU6IEhvdyB0byBnZXQgbnVtYmVyZWQgbGlzdHMgKDEpLCAoMiks?= =?UTF-8?B?IOKApiA/?= Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:56:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: <5133.1318533018@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <3414CE30-6774-4566-9391-D6929BDC4C87@math.ethz.ch> <7574.1318537714@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <87zkh3lsgy.fsf@gmail.com> <367FB6B9-C653-47C0-BBD9-02A665402353@gmail.com> <87hb3ae3z5.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52985) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RF6al-0003zt-DZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:56:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RF6ak-00028h-3z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:56:07 -0400 Received: from mail-ey0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]:43723) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RF6aj-00028d-OF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:56:06 -0400 Received: by eye4 with SMTP id 4so2186672eye.0 for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:56:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87hb3ae3z5.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> 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: Eric S Fraga Cc: Marius Hofert , Emacs help , nicholas.dokos@hp.com, Nicolas Goaziou On 15.10.2011, at 16:14, Eric S Fraga wrote: > Carsten Dominik writes: > >> On 14.10.2011, at 13:31, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > > [...] > >> >>> I have nothing against (1) as item bullets, as it doesn't interfere >>> with any existing Org syntax. >> >> That is not the only criterion. Adding new syntax elements make more >> ASCII sequences special. The Org markup is a heuristic set of >> special elements, and there is merrit in keeping it small. We already >> have more bullets and in particular numbered types - and so far >> I have not seen a compelling reason to add more. >> >> - Carsten > > I am in the "keep it simple school". So long as org allows me to > distinguish between numbered and unnumbered itemised lists, I am > happy. I actually would prefer less choices than there are currently > because I would like to get to my choice more quickly when I do use > C-c - to change the type! > > To me, org is about information and time management, not about > formatting. YMMV, of course! > > To be blunt, I would be happy with "-" and "1." in org, knowing that I > can customise upon export if necessary! I'm not suggesting we go this > far, however ;-) Since backward compatibility is necessary, this counts as a vote for a customizable sequence, as proposed by Nicolas, do I see this right? So maybe this *is* a good idea, but I would be agains adding new list types. - Carsten > > -- > : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.90.1 > : using Org-mode version 7.7 (release_7.7.381.g05ea)