From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: unordered list feature request: new sub-lists automatically switch to different list-character Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 07:11:50 +0200 Message-ID: <2E226CFB-75FE-4B8C-84B0-8BD25D85965C@gmail.com> References: <5FA5F8DA-901B-40AF-A35D-DB7FE8580B78@gmail.com> <433B3BC8-32FC-48EA-9657-3913A1153467@gmail.com> <91E58053-BE22-4E22-9E0B-F0BB4BDF6969@gmail.com> <23A9E1C8-83D7-4263-B700-05E7A243FDD4@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43338 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OG3hI-0001fw-Hc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 01:26:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OG3Te-0003Uo-Rb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 01:11:56 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:57277) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OG3Te-0003Uj-NC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 01:11:54 -0400 Received: by wyf22 with SMTP id 22so713726wyf.0 for ; Sat, 22 May 2010 22:11:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <23A9E1C8-83D7-4263-B700-05E7A243FDD4@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Livin Stephen Sharma Cc: emacs-org-mode-help gnu Hi Livin, I have made the change to the manual much shorter, but moved the rest of this into the docstring of the variable. Thanks! - Carsten On May 23, 2010, at 12:26 AM, Livin Stephen Sharma wrote: > > Livin Stephen Sharma > > > > On May 22, 2010, at 11:12:38 , Carsten Dominik wrote: > >> >> On May 21, 2010, at 9:14 PM, Livin Stephen Sharma wrote: >> >>> Scott, Juri, >>> thank you for your replies. >>> >>> 'org-list-demote-modify-bullet' is exactly what I was missing. >>> >>> JohnW, BerntH, Carsten, >>> AFAICT, the manual does not mention it? >> >> Maybe you could suggest a place in the manual where you would have >> liked to find this information? Maybe even a patch? > > Section "2.7 Plain lists". > That was where I went looking for this information. > > Perhaps between > a. the description of 'org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists', and > b. "The following commands act on items when the cursor is in the > first line of an item (the line with the bullet or number)" > > I can't submit a patch, > but this is what I might have liked to see (the documentation- > addition that I might have submitted): > > begin > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > If you find that using a different bullet for a sub-list (than that > used for the current list-level) improves readability, customize > the variable 'org-list-demote-modify-bullet'. For example, this lisp > in your '.emacs' >> (setq org-list-demote-modify-bullet >> (quote ( >> ("+" . "-") ; sub-list uses '-' if cu >> ("-" . "+") >> ("*" . "+")))) > > would result in such a 2-level list (which uses only '+'): > >> **** Take 5! >> + Movies >> + Silence of the Lambs >> + My Cousin Vinny >> + Books >> + The Hunt for Red October >> + The Road to Omaha > > instead looking like this (using '-' for sub-list) > >> **** Take 5! >> + Movies >> - Silence of the Lambs >> - My Cousin Vinny >> + Books >> - The Hunt for Red October >> - The Road to Omaha > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > end > > > > >> >> Thanks. >> >> - Carsten >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode - Carsten