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From: Nathaniel Flath <flat0103@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] Alphabetical ordered lists
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:44:45 -0700
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To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
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>
>>
>> But I can't help thinking this could lead to unexpected results in
>> some cases (admittedly less than when alpha bullets could be any size
>> long).
>
> It definitely will.
>
> Here is an alternative idea. =A0Nathaniel, what do you
> think about this: We could keep the numbering as we
> have it in the Org file, but introduce something like [@a]
> in the first item that will convert the numbering
> into a,b,... upon export to ASCII, HTML, maybe even LaTeX
> (even though I think LaTeX demands some consistency here
> and prefers to have the global setup decide how lists work).
> Hell, we could even use [@A] for capitals and [@i] and [@I]
> for roman numbering :)
>
> - Carsten
>

Sorry for the late response - got swamped with work for a bit.

I'd much prefer the approach I've been going with, mostly since I
don't usually export my notes and mostly view them in org-mode.  I'll
work on the patch tonight - should send a patch either later tonight
or tomorow.

Thanks,
Nathaniel Flath