From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Livin Stephen Sharma Subject: Re: unordered list feature request: new sub-lists automatically switch to different list-character Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 03:56:06 +0530 Message-ID: <23A9E1C8-83D7-4263-B700-05E7A243FDD4@gmail.com> References: <5FA5F8DA-901B-40AF-A35D-DB7FE8580B78@gmail.com> <433B3BC8-32FC-48EA-9657-3913A1153467@gmail.com> <91E58053-BE22-4E22-9E0B-F0BB4BDF6969@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=53670 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OFx9B-0005Re-NV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 18:26:22 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFx94-0004Fx-I2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 18:26:21 -0400 Received: from mail-pz0-f176.google.com ([209.85.222.176]:60108) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFx94-0004Fm-DK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 18:26:14 -0400 Received: by pzk6 with SMTP id 6so968189pzk.1 for ; Sat, 22 May 2010 15:26:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <91E58053-BE22-4E22-9E0B-F0BB4BDF6969@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-org-mode-help gnu Livin Stephen Sharma On May 22, 2010, at 11:12:38 , Carsten Dominik wrote: >=20 > On May 21, 2010, at 9:14 PM, Livin Stephen Sharma wrote: >=20 >> Scott, Juri, >> thank you for your replies. >>=20 >> 'org-list-demote-modify-bullet' is exactly what I was missing. >>=20 >> JohnW, BerntH, Carsten, >> AFAICT, the manual does not mention it? >=20 > Maybe you could suggest a place in the manual where you would have = liked to find this information? Maybe even a patch? Section "2.7 Plain lists". That was where I went looking for this information. Perhaps between a. the description of 'org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists', and b. "The following commands act on items when the cursor is in the first = line of an item (the line with the bullet or number)" I can't submit a patch, but this is what I might have liked to see (the documentation-addition = that I might have submitted): begin = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------ If you find that using a different bullet for a sub-list (than that used = for the current list-level) improves readability, customize the = variable 'org-list-demote-modify-bullet'. For example, this lisp in your = '.emacs' > (setq org-list-demote-modify-bullet > (quote ( > ("+" . "-") ; sub-list uses '-' if cu > ("-" . "+") > ("*" . "+")))) would result in such a 2-level list (which uses only '+'): > **** Take 5! > + Movies > + Silence of the Lambs > + My Cousin Vinny > + Books > + The Hunt for Red October > + The Road to Omaha instead looking like this (using '-' for sub-list) > **** Take 5! > + Movies > - Silence of the Lambs > - My Cousin Vinny > + Books > - The Hunt for Red October > - The Road to Omaha = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------ end >=20 > Thanks. >=20 > - Carsten >=20