From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Livin Stephen Sharma Subject: unordered list feature request: new sub-lists automatically switch to different list-character Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 11:24:08 +0530 Message-ID: <5FA5F8DA-901B-40AF-A35D-DB7FE8580B78@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0945877781==" Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=42412 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OFLBY-0001BP-Nn for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 21 May 2010 01:54:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFLBX-0002e1-4Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 21 May 2010 01:54:16 -0400 Received: from mail-pw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.160.41]:64274) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFLBW-0002dv-VP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 21 May 2010 01:54:15 -0400 Received: by pwi7 with SMTP id 7so634164pwi.0 for ; Thu, 20 May 2010 22:54:13 -0700 (PDT) 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: emacs-org-mode-help gnu --===============0945877781== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-3--238695273 --Apple-Mail-3--238695273 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Context/Sample org content current **** unordered list + topA + innerA1 + innerA2 + topB + innerB1 proposed **** unordered list + topA - innerA1 <--- '-' used automatically instead of '+' - innerA2 <--- " " " + topB - innerB1 <--- " " " ----------------------------------------------------------------- When creating nested/child lists ('innerX' items) under an existing list = item ('topX' items), the current behaviour does not make an effort to change the leading = list-denoter character (-,+,*). Could a feature be provided where creating a such a child-list would = make this list's items begin with a different list-denoter? I find it helps readability (and hence efficiency when working with = lists) when I manually (S-left, S-right) do this. If others agree, = perhaps this could be provided as a built-in feature? I don't know lisp, (& it's increasingly looking like it may be time to = *find* the time to learn JJ) so I can't code this myself. --Apple-Mail-3--238695273 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Context/Sample org = content

current
**** unordered = list
= + topA
  + innerA1
  + = innerA2
+ topB
  + = innerB1


proposed
=
**** unordered list
+ topA
  - = innerA1 <--- '-' used automatically instead of '+'
  - = innerA2 <--- " " "
+ topB
  - = innerB1 <--- " " = "

-----------------------------------------------= ------------------


When creating = nested/child lists ('innerX' items) under an existing list item ('topX' = items),
the current behaviour does not make an effort to = change the leading list-denoter character = (-,+,*).

Could a feature be provided where = creating a such a child-list would make this list's items begin with a = different list-denoter?

I find it helps = readability (and hence efficiency when working with lists) when I = manually (S-left, S-right) do this. If others agree, perhaps this could = be provided as a built-in feature?

I don't know = lisp, (& it's increasingly looking like it may be time to *find* the = time to learn JJ) so I can't code this = myself.



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