Re: Extra space between list items in HTML export

[Richard Stanton <stanton@haas.berkeley.edu>]

On 9/10/12 4:45 PM, "Jambunathan K" <kjambunathan@gmail.com> wrote:

>Richard Stanton <stanton@haas.berkeley.edu> writes:
>
>> On 9/10/12 4:31 PM, "Jambunathan K" <kjambunathan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>> From: nicholas.dokos@hp.com [mailto:nicholas.dokos@hp.com]
>>>>> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 2:37 PM
>>>>>
>>>>> > #+OPTIONS: h:2, toc:nil
>>>>> >
>>>>> > * Example of itemized list
>>>>> > ** Blank level 2 header
>>>>> > - List 1
>>>>> > - List 2
>>>>> > - List 3
>>>>> >
>>>>> > * Level 3 headings as itemized list, with extra space
>>>>> > ** Blank level 2 header
>>>>> > *** List 1
>>>>> > *** List 2
>>>>> > *** List 3
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>> The old exporter does that: it breaks the second up into three lists,
>>>>>each with
>>>>> a single element. The first is a single list with three elements.
>>>>>
>>>>> The new exporter produces a single list with three elements, although
>>>>>it
>>>>> includes the section number for each entry - this might be a bug.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick
>>>>
>>>> I also get the section number included as part of the list item
>>>> text. This does look like a bug.
>>>>
>>>> When I use the new exporter to export to LaTeX/PDF, I get no section
>>>> numbers, but I get a numbered, rather than itemized, list. This also
>>>> seems like a (different) bug.
>>>
>>>I have pushed a fix to org-e-html.el.
>>>
>>>The depth of numbering is according to the value of num:N spec. Use
>>>    num:2 instead of num:t
>>>
>>>to get the numbering behaviour you desire.
>>>
>>>If something is not according to taste, point me to the markup that is
>>>missing or which needs to be removed (instead of describing it in
>>>English)
>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>
>> Thanks. I'll try the new version.
>>
>> Meanwhile, as I understand it (and as implemented in the old exporter),
>> h:2 should mean that only two levels of section headings should be
>>created
>> at all. Level 3 should be an itemized list (and therefore, implicitly,
>> should not have a number). Thus, h:2 should imply n:2, I believe.
>
>New exporter is, hmmm, new.
>
>You can still get the old behaviour.  So, that leaves us with no scope
>for complaining.  
>
>I am merely following what Ngz has advised us.


The HTML and LaTeX/PDF behavior are now the same, and I can see why the
new behavior is better than the old, since it allows more options, so I'll
stop complaining. For a while, anyway...

Thanks.