On Sun, Apr 3, 2022, 4:29 PM <c.buhtz@posteo.jp> wrote:

> Hello togehter,
>
> is it usual to have auto-fill-mode (automatic new-line after n
> characters) turned on in org or org-roam (including fill-column set e.g.
> to 80)?
>

I cannot comment on that. Enabling auto-fill-mode is user preference.

Or let me ask from another point of view: Is it usual to have multiline
> list entries?
>

Yes, if auto-fill-mode is enabled in org-mode.

I know that org is not markdown but I tried some markdown editors to
> test it. They still recognize the linebreak in my first example and
> rendered it "correct" as a 3 item list.
> I checked the syntax docu [1] about it but I couldn't find a hint or
> didn't understand.
>
> Do I understand it correct that the end of a list is marked by an empty
> line?
>

Yes. I think that the list items follow the same rules as Paragraphs [1]
i.e. A list item continues until it sees a blank line. This is identical to
Markdown.

Below, you have 2 list items:

- item 1
- item 2

Below is also 2 list items:

- item 1
  item 1 continued
- item 2

Below is also 2 list items, but the first item has 2 paragraphs:

- item 1

  second paragraph in item 1
- item 2

I hope that helps.

[1]: https://orgmode.org/manual/Paragraphs.html#Paragraphs