From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Suggestions on list create/edit commands: Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 06:41:08 +0200 Message-ID: <3d3d5883e14e6a91427aef741fabf487@science.uva.nl> References: <17502.40561.129424.558703@localhost.localdomain> <7e4a61cd45a7242e6fdc788c21a98b8e@science.uva.nl> <17507.62823.384215.54685@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v623) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FePSi-0002uj-CS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 12 May 2006 00:41:12 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FePSg-0002uU-LB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 12 May 2006 00:41:11 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FePSg-0002uR-FW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 12 May 2006 00:41:10 -0400 Received: from [194.134.35.144] (helo=smtp04.wanadoo.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FePUL-0007ne-BF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 12 May 2006 00:42:53 -0400 In-Reply-To: <17507.62823.384215.54685@localhost.localdomain> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: raman@users.sf.net Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On May 12, 2006, at 4:39, T. V. Raman wrote: > > 0) Enable backspace to outdent while creating nested lists, > this will make it extremely easy to close an inner list > and continue. Can you describe that in more detail? > > > 1) orgtbl is nice as a minor mode. Why not go once step > further and enable org as a minor mode; it would be nice > to be able to create structured lists in email. I don't know how this would be possible. The org-mode keymap would take over, no key from the current major mode would keep working. Orgtbl used a rather complicated trick to function in tables while leaving things to the major mode outside tables. I don't see how a similar trick could work for the whole file. One could construct a restricted minor mode with some functionality - what stuff should be in there? > > 2) At present, when you create a new list item, point > sometimes appears > to land at the beginning of the line, would be nice if > you could just start typing after creating the new item. Example, please? > > 3) Would be nice to be able to start a list without having > to create the first bullet by hand, but I dont have a > good suggestion for how to go about achieving it I guess typing "- " is faster than anything else you might be able to come up with. - Carsten