Re: LaTeX export of lists

[tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye)]

Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> writes:

> tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes:
>
>> I've just browsed the Document Structure chapter of the Org-mode manual:
>> paragraphs aren't mentioned!
>
> They are in "11.1 Structural markup elements"
>

Yes, somewhat incongruously.  To my mind, the markup elements are blank
lines and \\, not paragraphs.

>> I'm not trying to be pedantic here and hold out for the presence or
>> absence of blank lines to indicate a paragraph break in Org-mode.  For
>> the use case of lists set within a paragraph some other mechanism might
>> be more appropriate.

>
> I would suggest #+begin_latex #+end_latex for such specific needs
> (paralist).
>

Yes, but this solution misses the great pleasure and convenience of
working with Org-mode lists.  It is something I can live with if it
proves impractical to keep the current configuration, however.

>> But this circles back to the more general question of how paragraphs are
>> indicated in Org-mode.  Is it the blank line alone, or the blank line and
>> other mechanisms?
>
> There is no strict definition of a paragraph in Org core, yet. That's
> why every exporter comes out with its own.
>
> Though, a blank line is definitely seen as a paragraph break, as any
> paragraph starter. So, what are these paragraph starters? Here are some:
>   - any line starting with #+, maybe indented. That includes keywords,
>     blocks, comments...
>   - fixed-width lines
>   - items
>   - headlines.
>
> Now, defining a paragraph in Org wouldn't necessary be a bad thing for
> exporters. This would just add information they could deliberately throw
> away. That's why, again, keeping the exact number of blank lines is
> important (for when they will throw the information away).
>

Thanks very much for this, to me, clear explanation of the issue.  I'm
convinced that I've been able to make my points understood and will
happily use the Org-mode that you and others are so kind to develop,
with or without the ability to set Org-mode lists within paragraphs via
LaTeX.

All the best,
Tom

> Regards,

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