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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
To: c.buhtz@posteo.jp
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: asterisk allowed for list items
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 21:59:52 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <875ymsvvl3.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9678c4a47a017d38e79a2785daf8f8d4@posteo.de>

c.buhtz@posteo.jp writes:

> Am 29.04.2022 15:04 schrieb Detlef Steuer:
>> But *first* it should be easily read- and writable by humans and only
>> then easily parseble by parsers! At least imho.
>
> I agree and understand that this is one of the design principals of Org.
>
> But even for humans the current situation is IMHO not "easy". When I 
> want to have asterix bullet for my list items I always have to think 
> about the trailing whitespace to prevent Org from interpreting this as a 
> heading.

If you want to avoid this confusion, just don't use asterisks in lists.
Yet, Org still provides this option if you suddenly need to use
asterisks in some weird scenario :)

Generally, fontification is a guide.

Best,
Ihor



  reply	other threads:[~2022-04-29 13:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-04-29 11:53 asterisk allowed for list items c.buhtz
2022-04-29 12:15 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-04-29 12:21   ` c.buhtz
2022-04-29 13:49     ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-04-29 14:26       ` c.buhtz
2022-04-30  5:37         ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-04-29 12:17 ` c.buhtz
2022-04-29 13:04   ` Detlef Steuer
2022-04-29 13:22     ` c.buhtz
2022-04-29 13:59       ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2022-04-29 13:54   ` Ihor Radchenko

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