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From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
Subject: Re: LaTeX export - can't skip a heading level
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:12:16 -0400
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Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de> wrote:

> Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
> >> 
> >> Especially as this is a limitation of LaTeX, not the exporter.
> >> 
> >> :-)
> >
> > Not true - the following compiles with no problems:
> 
> Yes, LaTeX doesn't really enforce it, but it makes the assumption of
> "correct nesting".  It's been a few years since I tried something like
> you've posted, but I've quickly learned that funny things happen when
> your document grows to a more realistic size (it had to do with how the
> counters are interacting).  So I've stopped doing it and have never
> looked back.  If you must, you can provide your own sectioning commands
> in LaTeX that handle this situation more gracefully, but that's really a
> bit much to ask of an org exporter, don't you think?
> 

Certainly - I did not argue that the exporter should do this. I just
pointed out its limitation and that the limitation would be tough to
lift.

Nick