I find that I prefer a blank line between items in plain lists.
org-insert-item doesn't do that.  The following patch remedies that under
the control of a customization option.  Feel free to incorporate this into a
release if you think others would find it useful.


*** org.el    Fri Sep  8 11:49:10 2006
--- /c/hirged/recentElisp/org/org.el    Wed Sep 13 13:13:36 2006
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*** 463,468 ****
--- 463,474 ----
    :group 'org-plain-lists
    :type 'boolean)

+ (defcustom org-blank-before-bullet t
+   "Non-nil means to insert an extra blank before bullet items created with
+ \\[org-insert-item]."
+   :group 'org-plain-lists
+   :type 'boolean)
+
  (defcustom org-provide-checkbox-statistics t
    "Non-nil means, update checkbox statistics after insert and toggle.
  When this is set, checkbox statistics is updated each time you either
insert
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*** 3834,3840 ****
      (open-line 1))
         ((<= (point) eow)
      (beginning-of-line 1))
!        (t (newline)))
        (insert bul (if checkbox "[ ]" ""))
        (just-one-space)
        (setq pos (point))
--- 3840,3846 ----
      (open-line 1))
         ((<= (point) eow)
      (beginning-of-line 1))
!        (t (newline (if org-blank-before-bullet 2 1))))
        (insert bul (if checkbox "[ ]" ""))
        (just-one-space)
        (setq pos (point))


Thanks,
Ed


-- 
Ed Hirgelt

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and thinking what nobody has thought.