From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
To: cezar <cezar@mixandgo.ro>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: list indentation
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 08:17:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <D9206D67-3CE1-40EB-BEED-308AD28D5914@science.uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fois51$uo3$1@ger.gmane.org>
I don't quite understand yet what you mean. Please try to explain
again.
- Carsten
On Feb 9, 2008, at 1:29 AM, cezar wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:24:39 +0100, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
>> On Feb 7, 2008, at 7:58 PM, cezar wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am using org-mode version 5.17a and I sometimes need to write some
>>> details on a task like:
>>>
>>> ** TODO something to be done
>>> notes about this task
>>> come here and they include a list
>>> - blah
>>> - blah
>>> And another list
>>> - foo
>>> - foo
>>> And one more list
>>> - bar
>>> - bar
>>>
>>> Now, this is not what it should look like ! The lists need to be
>>> aligned properly.
>>
>>
>> Hi Cezar,
>>
>> Org-mode tries its best to guess what you mean and then do it.
>> However,
>> it is not a true mind reader, and it cannot know how you intend your
>> lists to be structured. This structure you show is valid and might
>> just
>> as well be what you mean.
>>
>> However, Org-mode helps you to create the lists either way. What you
>> probably did is (I am guessing here):
>>
>> - type "And another list"
>> - press RET to get a new line
>> - press TAB to indent, Org assumes that you want to continue
>> text as *part* of he current item.
>> - type "-" to make a new item
>> - press TAB in the hope that the line would be outdented
>> to match your intended structure. Bummer. Org keeps the
>> structure because it assumes by setting the indentation, this
>> is
>> what you mean.
>>
>> What you could have done
>> - type "And another list"
>> - press RET to get a new line
>> - type "-" to make a new item
>> - press TAB to indent, now org-mode matches up the "-"
>> with the previous ones, because before indenting the line you
>> told it that you intended it to be an item in time.
>>
>> What you really should have done
>> - type "And another list"
>> - M-RET to create the next item.
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Am I making any sense ?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Cezar
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>
> My problem is that "Another list" is indented (because it's under a
> list
> element row). So what I'd want is org-mode to know that/when the list
> ends which is at the end of the line (maybe use a dot)
>
> Thank you for explaining.
>
> Cezar
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-09 7:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-07 18:58 list indentation cezar
2008-02-07 23:31 ` Hugo Schmitt
2008-02-08 9:24 ` Carsten Dominik
2008-02-09 0:29 ` cezar
2008-02-09 7:17 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2008-02-09 7:26 ` cezar
2008-02-09 17:02 ` Eddward DeVilla
2008-02-09 21:45 ` William Henney
2008-02-09 22:17 ` cezar
2008-02-09 22:50 ` William Henney
2008-02-09 23:26 ` Eddward DeVilla
2008-02-10 1:09 ` William Henney
2008-02-10 3:55 ` Eddward DeVilla
2008-02-10 4:47 ` William Henney
2008-02-10 5:05 ` Eddward DeVilla
2008-02-10 7:29 ` Carsten Dominik
2008-02-10 8:00 ` cezar
2008-02-10 10:58 ` Carsten Dominik
2008-02-10 19:26 ` cezar
2008-02-09 23:41 ` cezar
2008-02-10 1:28 ` William Henney
2008-02-10 1:33 ` Cezar Halmagean
2008-02-10 1:35 ` William Henney
2008-02-10 20:42 ` Bastien Guerry
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