From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill White Subject: Re: speed keys for plain lists? Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 12:12:21 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87eg9bck3t.fsf@mbork.pl> <153f4aedb6cc4ab181e9a168513c4a49@HE1PR01MB1898.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com> <87y47jf4vs.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <2016-05-10T10-20-32@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53039) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b2M4O-0002Oi-VQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 May 2016 13:12:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b2M4J-0004TC-MX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 May 2016 13:12:39 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:33758) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b2M4J-0004T3-F9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 May 2016 13:12:35 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1b0uA4-0005wU-CX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 May 2016 19:12:32 +0200 Received: from 128.90.93.250 ([128.90.93.250]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 12 May 2016 19:12:32 +0200 Received: from billw by 128.90.93.250 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 12 May 2016 19:12:32 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Cc: devnull@Karl-Voit.at On Tue May 10 2016 at 03:21, Karl Voit wrote: > * Bill White wrote: >> >> Thank you all for the suggestions thus far. I'll attach the org file >> I'm working with: > > Being curious on your motivation: why do you use only plain list items > instead of headings with paragraphs or headings with plain lists? Mainly because I'm still playing around with possible formats. Some manual correction of the ocr text is required for each entry, which provides a frictionless opportunity to add a little bit of list markup and then get on with the next entry. My final goal is a simple electronic version of the old Oxford English Dictionary as outlined by Corey Doctorow http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/23/oxford-english-dictionary-future-digitally based on files at the Internet Archive - volume 1 is at https://archive.org/details/oed01arch I'd like the thing to be as close to plaintext as possible with a minimum of markup: - org list notation is minimal - it's useful within orgmode - it doesn't get in the user's way in non-emacs ecosystems - it avoids the endless quagmire of adding significant markup to such a huge body of text - it's a necessary first step for some other brave soul who wants to add markup & organization But I'm open to suggestions & discussion - now's the time to play around with formats to find the right balance between playing with words and slogging through markup. Perhaps this isn't the right mailing list for that discussion, though. Cheers - bw Bill White . billw@wolfram.com "No ma'am, we're musicians."