Re: COUNTER-SET for alphabetical ordered lists ignored for utf-8 exporter

[Stacey Marshall <stacey.marshall@gmail.com>]

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> There is nothing to obsolete.
> ox-ascii did not process alphabetical lists in any way, which was a bug.

OK, thanks for verification.

Stace

On Sat, 6 Apr 2024 at 13:02, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:

> Stacey Marshall <stacey.marshall@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Was the intention with this change to remove alphabetical lists from
> > text (ascii) exporter?
>
> The intention was to make ascii exporter aware about alphabetical lists
> instead of behaving in undefined way.
>
> > ...
> > a. Point A
> > b. Point B
> > c. Point C
> > d. [@z] Point Z
> > #+end_src
> >
> > Latest 9.7 alpha results in the alphabetical labels being replaced
> > with numbers::
> > ..
>
> Yes.
>
> > I must admit that I had not noticed that other exporters converted
> > the letter to a number.  Going forward I shall stop using them.
> >
> > If it is obsoleted or deprecated then a mention to etc/ORG-NEWS
> > would be appreciated.
>
> There is nothing to obsolete.
> ox-ascii did not process alphabetical lists in any way, which was a bug.
> All other exporters convert alphabetical lists into numbered lists.
> The bug has been fixed, and the behaviour is now consistent with the rest
> of exporters.
>
> If you wish alphabetical lists to be exported specially, feel free to
> post a feature request.
>
> --
> Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
> Org mode contributor,
> Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
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>

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