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 08:44:40 +0200 Message-ID: References: <536BD081.9070109@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42684) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WieYA-0001Vz-FP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2014 02:45:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WieY1-0000Qg-4K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2014 02:44:54 -0400 Received: from mail-ee0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c00::22a]:63903) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WieY0-0000QV-Su for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2014 02:44:45 -0400 Received: by mail-ee0-f42.google.com with SMTP id d49so2315987eek.29 for ; Thu, 08 May 2014 23:44:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <536BD081.9070109@gmail.com> (Leonard Avery Randall's message of "Thu, 08 May 2014 19:44:17 +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 Hi, Leonard Avery Randall writes: > Guido Van Hoecke wrote: > >> I am a bit confused about indentation in the example at node >> '2.7 Plain Lists' in the Org info file: >> >> [quote] >> ** Lord of the Rings >> My favorite scenes are (in this order) >> 1. The attack of the Rohirrim >> 2. Eowyn's fight with the witch king >> + this was already my favorite scene in the book >> + I really like Miranda Otto. >> 3. Peter Jackson being shot by Legolas >> - on DVD only >> He makes a really funny face when it happens. >> But in the end, no individual scenes matter but the film as a whole. >> Important actors in this film are: >> - Elijah Wood :: He plays Frodo >> - Sean Austin :: He plays Sam, Frodo's friend. I still remember >> him very well from his role as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies. >> [unquote] >> >> >> The last line aligns the word 'him' directly under 'Sean', which >> is what I expect. >> >> The 'He makes a really...' sentence is aligned under the list hyphen, >> rather than under 'on DVD...' >> >> Is this not inconsistent? I'd expect it to be indented two extra >> positions to the right, similar to the last sentence. > > I believe the reason for the disparity is that 'He makes a really > funny face', is supposed to be associated with 'Peter Jackson being > shot by legolas' rather than 'on DVD only'. I believe the example is > supposed to show that list items can contain both subsidiary lists and > whole paragraphs. If the paragraph were supposed to be associated with > the lower level list item it would be indented as you expected. 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? Guido -- In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain. -- Pliny the Elder