From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Suvayu Ali Subject: Re: Should comments break paragraphs? Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:11:03 +0200 Message-ID: <20130717071103.GA16899@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> References: <51E443F6.2050104@arfer.net> <87mwpnfybn.fsf@gmail.com> <51E47BC1.7010808@gmail.com> <87ip0byoqg.fsf@gmail.com> <87fvvev771.fsf@gmail.com> <87wqoqxznb.fsf@gmail.com> <87ppuitp8y.fsf@gmail.com> <87sizexuj9.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39924) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UzLtI-0005Fs-0B for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jul 2013 03:11:14 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UzLtF-0003No-LP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jul 2013 03:11:11 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-x231.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::231]:39372) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UzLtF-0003Lk-Fr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jul 2013 03:11:09 -0400 Received: by mail-wi0-f177.google.com with SMTP id ey16so1559214wid.16 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:11:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kuru.dyndns-at-home.com (sd44012d5.adsl.online.nl. [212.64.18.213]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id s19sm32808520wik.11.2013.07.17.00.11.06 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:11:07 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87sizexuj9.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 07:51:38PM +0200, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > Eric Schulte writes: > > >> Even if you move it to ox.el, this is not an acceptable solution. Think > >> about the following example > >> > >> - item 1 > >> > >> # with a comment > >> > >> - item 2 > >> > >> If you simply delete matching lines, you break the list. > >> > > > > Yes, I would argue that this list should be broken, because with or > > without the comment the items are separated by two blank lines. > > On the other hand, visually, this list looks perfectly correct. Actually I can think of at least one use case where you would want that to be a list. Say when drafting, you have a list of things you are discussing, but you have yet to fill in the details and the comment has some notes/reminder for tomorrow. In this case, adding missing content should not change the structure of your document, i.e. join two lists into one. Cheers, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.