Re: unordered list feature request: new sub-lists automatically switch to different list-character

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

Hi Livin,

I have made the change to the manual much shorter, but moved the rest  
of this into the docstring of the variable.

Thanks!

- Carsten

On May 23, 2010, at 12:26 AM, Livin Stephen Sharma wrote:

>
> Livin Stephen Sharma
>
>
>
> On May 22, 2010, at 11:12:38 , Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
>>
>> On May 21, 2010, at 9:14 PM, Livin Stephen Sharma wrote:
>>
>>> Scott, Juri,
>>> thank you for your replies.
>>>
>>> 'org-list-demote-modify-bullet' is exactly what I was missing.
>>>
>>> JohnW, BerntH, Carsten,
>>> AFAICT, the manual does not mention it?
>>
>> 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
>
>
>
>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>
>
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- Carsten