org-mode: Would like to add custom chars as org-list bullets

org-mode: Would like to add custom chars as org-list bullets

[Tom Burbage]

When I use simple lists, I would like to be able to mix in '!' and '?' 
with '-' as these are sometimes more expressive of what the list item 
represents.
My request is that the list of characters org-list recognizes as being a 
valid "bullet" be customizable by the user.

Re: org-mode: Would like to add custom chars as org-list bullets

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Tom Burbage <tiburbage@gmail.com> writes:

> My request is that the list of characters org-list recognizes as being
> a valid "bullet" be customizable by the user.

The syntax is not meant to be customizable. It goes against having
a standard Org format.

You can however, put overlays on top of bullets and /display/ them as
you wish. The extension "org-bullets" does something similar.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

Re: org-mode: Would like to add custom chars as org-list bullets

[Colin Baxter]

>>>>> Tom Burbage <tiburbage@gmail.com> writes:

    > When I use simple lists, I would like to be able to mix in '!' and
    > '?'  with '-' as these are sometimes more expressive of what the
    > list item represents.  My request is that the list of characters
    > org-list recognizes as being a valid "bullet" be customizable by
    > the user.

Have a look at https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/35626/how-to-make-my-own-org-mode-text-emphasis-work-again.

Best wishes,

Re: org-mode: Would like to add custom chars as org-list bullets

[Grant Rettke]

On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 1:56 AM Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> Tom Burbage <tiburbage@gmail.com> writes:
>
>     > When I use simple lists, I would like to be able to mix in '!' and
>     > '?'  with '-' as these are sometimes more expressive of what the
>     > list item represents.  My request is that the list of characters
>     > org-list recognizes as being a valid "bullet" be customizable by
>     > the user.
>
> Have a look at https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/35626/how-to-make-my-own-org-mode-text-emphasis-work-again.

Which code are you recommending?

Re: org-mode: Would like to add custom chars as org-list bullets

[Colin Baxter]

>>>>> Grant Rettke <gcr@wisdomandwonder.com> writes:

    > On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 1:56 AM Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> wrote:
    >> 
    >> >>>>> Tom Burbage <tiburbage@gmail.com> writes:
    >> 
    >> > When I use simple lists, I would like to be able to mix in '!'
    >> and > '?'  with '-' as these are sometimes more expressive of
    >> what the > list item represents.  My request is that the list of
    >> characters > org-list recognizes as being a valid "bullet" be
    >> customizable by > the user.
    >> 
    >> Have a look at
    >> https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/35626/how-to-make-my-own-org-mode-text-emphasis-work-again.

    > Which code are you recommending?

I'm not recommending anything. I'm suggesting that if you want
one or more characters in a list to act as emphasis then perhaps they
could be defined in terms of org-font-lock-extra-keywords, as in 'Answer
2'.

Best wishes,

Re: org-mode: Would like to add custom chars as org-list bullets

[Tom Burbage]

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I don't think the suggestions made in that thread are going to help in 
terms of org-mode recognizing a line as being a list item.
What I tried that I did think might work was to customize 
org-list-full-item-re:

org-list-full-item-re is a variable defined in ‘org-list.el’.
Its value is
"^[     ]*\\(\\*(?:[-+*]\\|\\(?:[0-9]+\\|[A-Za-z]\\)[.)]\\)*\\(?:[     
]+\\|$\\)\\)\\(?:\\[@\\(?:start:\\)?\\([0-9]+\\|[A-Za-z]\\)\\][     
]*\\)?\\(?:\\(\\[[ X-]\\]\\)\\(?:[ ]+\\|$\\)\\)?\\(?:\\(.*\\)[     
]+::\\(?:[     ]+\\|$\\)\\)?"

   This variable may be risky if used as a file-local variable.

Documentation:
Matches a list item and puts everything into groups:
*group 1: bullet*
group 2: counter
group 3: checkbox
group 4: description tag

to add '!' and '?' to '-+' in the group 1 expression, but that didn't do 
it. ( *[-+*] => [-+!?*]* )

On 10/24/2018 5:47 PM, Grant Rettke wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 1:56 AM Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Tom Burbage <tiburbage@gmail.com> writes:
>>      > When I use simple lists, I would like to be able to mix in '!' and
>>      > '?'  with '-' as these are sometimes more expressive of what the
>>      > list item represents.  My request is that the list of characters
>>      > org-list recognizes as being a valid "bullet" be customizable by
>>      > the user.
>>
>> Have a look at https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/35626/how-to-make-my-own-org-mode-text-emphasis-work-again.
> Which code are you recommending?


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