From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Guido Van Hoecke Subject: Re: Confused about list indentation Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 19:53:13 +0200 Message-ID: References: <536BD081.9070109@gmail.com> <536C8E03.5020201@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48082) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wioz8-0007ir-Hs for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2014 13:53:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wioyz-0006xU-H7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2014 13:53:26 -0400 Received: from mail-ee0-x230.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c00::230]:40768) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wioyz-0006xO-9k for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2014 13:53:17 -0400 Received: by mail-ee0-f48.google.com with SMTP id e49so2866349eek.21 for ; Fri, 09 May 2014 10:53:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <536C8E03.5020201@gmail.com> (Leonard Avery Randall's message of "Fri, 09 May 2014 09:12:51 +0100") 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: Leonard Avery Randall Cc: orgmode Leonard Avery Randall writes: > Guido Van Hoecke wrote: > > How does org decide that 'He makes a really...' is not associated > with > the current list item? What keystrokes are required to produce > this > alignment or the one with the extra indentation? > > Org determines what headline the text is associated with based upon > indentation (see example below). If you simply press enter after a > list item, the text is not indented, and thus it is not associated > with any list item. If you press tab before entering any text, it will > indent to the level of the most recent list item. In order to have > text associated with a higher level list item, you have to manually > delete spaces after pressing tab or just manually insert the > appropriate number of spaces. > > Example: > > 1. List item > - Lower level list item > This text is not associated with any list. Any list items after this > will form a new list. > 1. New list item 1 > - Lower level list item > This text is associated with lower level list item > 2. New list item 2 > - Lower level list item 2 > This text is associated with 'New list item 2' > > Hope this helps, It does, thanks! Kind regards, Guido -- I'll turn over a new leaf. -- Miguel de Cervantes