Re: [Orgmode] a couple of possible bugs in filling/indenting of plain lists

[Carsten Dominik]

On Jun 5, 2007, at 1:46, William Henney wrote:

> On 6/4/07, Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Jun 4, 2007, at 15:39, William Henney wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks Carsten. Is this fix just for the indent-relative bug, or 
> > does
> > > it fix the second (fill-paragraph) bug as well?
> >
> > The fix will only fix the second bug (with fill-paragraph).  The first
> > problem I believe cannot be fixed, because Org-mode cannot know if
> > you want to start a new level of lists, or if you are continuing the
> > current list.
>
> Thanks for the explanation. I am still a bit confused though, since
> even if org thought I wanted to start a new list, then it should only
> indent by one space, whereas it actually indents by two....

No, when starting a new list level, the bullet character should be
under the left margin of the text of the upper llevel, i.e.
2 characters indented.

> In the case of ordered lists, I think that you can tell (in principle)
> if the item represents the start of a new list. Whether it is worth
> your effort is another matter :)

Yes, I could do a lot of parsing, but I don't think it is worth the 
effort.
If you use M-RET to make new list items, indentation is set correctly.

- Carsten