From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: How to use headlines and lists in Org to structure your thoughts? Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:42:55 +0000 Message-ID: <87aak6vjpj.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <20101214181325.141033ikbnfst1og@webmail.df.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60284 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PSyOn-0003Uy-2Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:56:33 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PSyOm-0000yo-2Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:56:32 -0500 Received: from vscane-b.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.141]:32968) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PSyOl-0000yh-TT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:56:32 -0500 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: Karl Maihofer Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Karl Maihofer writes: > The ongoing discussion about inline tasks and drawers withhin lists > much depends on the way you use Org, I think. Perhaps it is a good > idea to brainstorm some fundamental aspects in regard to headlines and > lists. > > Why and in which situations do we use lists? I use lists for a number of reasons but one specific one that cannot be handled by headlines is to have automatic numbering. More generally, headlines are part of the structure and lists are part of the content. -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 23.2.1 : using Org-mode version 7.4 (release_7.4.26.g8eee)