Re: information/feature request: org analog to latex \description environment

[Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>]

"Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com> writes:

> Does org currently support any syntax like the latex \desciption
> environment, something that would look like
>
> ,----
> | first: a description/definition of first
> | another: another item to be defined
> `----
>
> or
>
> ,----
> | - first: a description/definition of first
> | - another: another item to be defined
> `----
>
> in org, and would export to something like
>
> ,----
> | \begin{description}
> | \item[first] a description/definition of first
> | \item[another] another item to be defined
> | \end{description}
> `----
>
> in latex?  If not would it be difficult/desirable to add?
>
> Thanks -- Eric

By default org export to latex creates description lists for headlines
when you go more than 3 levels deep.

Here's a sample org file where heading levels 2 and greater become
description lists.

,----[ play.org ]
| #+STARTUP:
| #+TITLE:     play.org
| #+OPTIONS:   H:1 num:t toc:nil \n:nil @:t ::t |:t ^:nil -:t f:t *:t TeX:t LaTeX:nil skip:nil d:nil tags:not-in-toc
| #+INFOJS_OPT: view:nil toc:nil ltoc:t mouse:underline buttons:0 path:http://orgmode.org/org-info.js
| * Test file
| ** TODO Furniture
| *** TODO Chairs
| *** TODO Tables
| **** TODO Coffee Table
| Stuff goes here
| **** TODO Buffer Table
| More stuff goes here
`----

exorted with C-c C-e L

,----[ play.tex ]
| % Created 2008-09-09 Tue 17:00
| \documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
| \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
| \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
| \usepackage{hyperref}
| 
| 
| \title{play.org}
| \author{Bernt Hansen}
| \date{09 September 2008}
| 
| \begin{document}
| 
| \maketitle
| 
| \section{Furniture}
| 
| \begin{description}
| 
| \item[Chairs]
| 
| 
| \end{description}
| \begin{description}
| 
| \item[Tables]
| 
| 
| \begin{description}
| 
| \item[Coffee Table]
| 
| 
| Stuff goes here
| \end{description}
| \begin{description}
| 
| \item[Buffer Table]
| 
| 
| More stuff goes here
| \end{description}
| \end{description}
| 
| \end{document}
`----

You can set the number of heading levels to export as headings in the
export options line (H:1)

-Bernt