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From: Grant Rettke <gcr@wisdomandwonder.com>
To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Cc: Org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to use em-dash as a bullet for plain text lists?
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 11:35:24 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAjq1mc3smQAgnGBKUETJ9FVvMEqLjPWYthXrYD2mzK-5Do1hw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d0wta20y.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr>

Sincerely,

Grant Rettke

On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 9:14 AM, Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Grant Rettke <gcr@wisdomandwonder.com> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to use em-dash as a bullet for plain lists.
> >
> > I read the documentation and didn't see a customization option.
>
> >
> > I read org-list.el only enough to get a rough idea of how it
> > works. org-at-item-p, org-at-item-bullet-p, org-item-re seem important for
> > understanding the structure.
> >
> > Before I go any further (studying or coding)
> >
> > 1. How would you go about this?
> > 2. Is it worth me going further on figuring out how this works and how to
> > do it?
>
> This is not supported and I think it shouldn't be. Since its inception,
> Org syntax focuses on ASCII characters. em dashes do not belong to that
> class.
>
> What could be possible, however, is to add UTF-8 characters as overlays
> on top of standard bullets. I think "org-bullet" does something like
> that.

Thanks! That helps to know about its focus.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-06-14 16:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-06-14  3:09 How to use em-dash as a bullet for plain text lists? Grant Rettke
2018-06-14 14:14 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2018-06-14 16:35   ` Grant Rettke [this message]
2018-06-15  0:35     ` Grant Rettke

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