Re: How to use em-dash as a bullet for plain text lists?

[Grant Rettke <gcr@wisdomandwonder.com>]

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.