Re: [Babel] now understands org-mode lists

[Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>]

Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> writes:

> "Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've just pushed up a small commit (including minimal documentation)
>> which teaches code blocks how to read and write Org-mode lists.  The
>> following example should demonstrate the new behavior.
>>
>>
>> #+results: a-list
>> - org-mode
>> - and
>> - babel
>>
>>
>> #+source: a-list
>> #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var lst=a-list :results list
>>   (reverse lst)
>> #+end_src
>>
>
> Why not call the underlying type an 'orglist'. One can for example think
> of orgpropeties etc etc.
>
> Btw, for the sake of illustration, how would one convert a numbered list
> to an alphabetical list or an unordered list. Convert some thing like
>
> 1. One
>    1. OneOne
> 3. Two
> 4. Three
>
> to 
>
> - One
>   - One
> - Two
> - Three
>
> or 
>
> 1. One
>    1.1 OneOne
> 2. Two
> 3. Three
>
> C-c C-c on a list currently renumbers the list which I find quite
> useful. May be there is a way to 'rebind' it so that it not only
> renumbers but renumbers with a different style (that the user is
> comfortable with). Think 'replace-region' for example.
>

Let's say one wants to number the lists using prime numbers. So one
could have two lists.

# list1 (may be generated programmatically)

1. 2
2. 3
3. 5
4. 7
5. 11
6. 13


# list2 (user-typed)
1. Carsten
2. Bastien
3. Eric Schulte
4. Dan Davison
5. Eric S Faga
6. Samuel Wales 

and juxtapose them together to get a custom numbering as follows

2. Carsten
3. Bastien
5. Eric Schulte
7. Dan Davison
11. Eric S Faga
13. Samuel Wales

All this with a C-c C-c on list2.

What this example does is essentially relate a 'list of styles' to a
'list of text elements' and create a 'custom-styled list'.

Jambunathan K.

> Jambunathan K.
>
>>
>> This is just a quick first pass at this functionality, there are still
>> some unanswered questions, such as if and how code blocks should
>> differentiate between ordered and unordered lists (ordered get an index
>> for each item?), how nested lists should be represented etc...
>>
>> Best -- Eric
>>
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