Help with writing plain list followed by description list [ox-latex]

Help with writing plain list followed by description list [ox-latex]

[Kaushal Modi]

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Hi,

I need help on generating a latex export correctly for the case where a
description list has to immediately follow a plain list.

Below is a MWE that demonstrates the problem and here is a screenshot of
the generated PDF ( http://i.imgur.com/FEjN099.png ). Note how the
Description list item looks under "Bad" section (generated using org) vs
"Good" section (generated using latex code directly).

==============================================================

* Bad
- Plain list item
- Description :: Description list became part of plain list here!
-----
Above does not work because org exports it to \LaTeX as below.
#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
\section{Bad}
\label{sec:orgheadline1}
\begin{itemize}
\item Plain list item
\item[{Description}] Description list became part of plain list here!
\end{itemize}
#+END_EXAMPLE
-----
Note that the description list item comes *before* =\end{itemize}=.

*How do I tell org to end the =itemize= block at the last plain list item
and begin =description= block before the first description list item?*

-- OR --

*What should I write in org to generate the below?*

-----
#+BEGIN_EXPORT latex
\section{Good}
\label{sec:orgheadline2}
\begin{itemize}
\item Plain list item
\end{itemize}
\begin{description}
\item[{Description}] This looks fine because I have moved the description
list out of the plain list.
\end{description}
#+END_EXPORT
-----

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Kaushal Modi

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Re: Help with writing plain list followed by description list [ox-latex]

[Kaushal Modi]

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Ah, found the solution after I RTFM :)

*C-h i g (org) Plain lists*

"A list ends whenever every item has ended, which means before any
line less or equally indented than items at top level.  It also ends
before two blank lines(5)."


Here's the solution:

==============================================================
* Good (with 2 blank lines)
- Plain list item


- Description :: Description list became part of plain list here!
==============================================================



--
Kaushal Modi

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 11:15 PM, Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I need help on generating a latex export correctly for the case where a
> description list has to immediately follow a plain list.
>
> Below is a MWE that demonstrates the problem and here is a screenshot of
> the generated PDF ( http://i.imgur.com/FEjN099.png ). Note how the
> Description list item looks under "Bad" section (generated using org) vs
> "Good" section (generated using latex code directly).
>
> ==============================================================
>
> * Bad
> - Plain list item
> - Description :: Description list became part of plain list here!
> -----
> Above does not work because org exports it to \LaTeX as below.
> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
> \section{Bad}
> \label{sec:orgheadline1}
> \begin{itemize}
> \item Plain list item
> \item[{Description}] Description list became part of plain list here!
> \end{itemize}
> #+END_EXAMPLE
> -----
> Note that the description list item comes *before* =\end{itemize}=.
>
> *How do I tell org to end the =itemize= block at the last plain list item
> and begin =description= block before the first description list item?*
>
> -- OR --
>
> *What should I write in org to generate the below?*
>
> -----
> #+BEGIN_EXPORT latex
> \section{Good}
> \label{sec:orgheadline2}
> \begin{itemize}
> \item Plain list item
> \end{itemize}
> \begin{description}
> \item[{Description}] This looks fine because I have moved the description
> list out of the plain list.
> \end{description}
> #+END_EXPORT
> -----
>
> ==============================================================
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Kaushal Modi
>

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