[O] [PATCH] org-capture-place-item better alignment for new lists.

[Andrew Burgess]

Creating an entry in org-capture-templates of type item adds entries
into a list, however, if the list is empty then the first list item
will be indented to depth 0 (so hard on the left) like this:

* Top Level
** Second Level
- item #1
- item #2
- item #3

I prefer to indent content, including lists, to a level matching the
parent, so something like this:

* Top Level
** Second Level
   - item #1
   - item #2
   - item #3

The patch below changes org-capture-place-item so that, when starting
a new list, the items are indented as in the second example above.

The existing behaviour is maintained when adding additional items to a
list, that is the indentation of new items will match the indentation
on items already in the list.

All feedback welcome,

Thanks,
Andrew


        lisp/org-capture.el (org-capture-place-item): When starting a
        new list use (1+ org-current-level) rather than just 0 for the
        indentation. This ensures new lists are indented under their
        parent element.
---
 lisp/org-capture.el | 19 +++++++------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/org-capture.el b/lisp/org-capture.el
index 9e33d25..150ba1e 100644
--- a/lisp/org-capture.el
+++ b/lisp/org-capture.el
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ may have been stored before."
   "Place the template as a new plain list item."
   (let* ((txt (org-capture-get :template))
         (target-entry-p (org-capture-get :target-entry-p))
-        (ind 0)
+        (ind (1+ (org-current-level)))
         beg end)
     (if (org-capture-get :exact-position)
        (goto-char (org-capture-get :exact-position))
@@ -1078,18 +1078,13 @@ may have been stored before."
       (if (org-capture-get :prepend)
          (progn
            (goto-char beg)
-           (if (org-list-search-forward (org-item-beginning-re) end t)
-               (progn
-                 (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
-                 (setq ind (org-get-indentation)))
-             (goto-char end)
-             (setq ind 0)))
+           (when (org-list-search-forward (org-item-beginning-re) end t)
+             (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
+             (setq ind (org-get-indentation))))
        (goto-char end)
-       (if (org-list-search-backward (org-item-beginning-re) beg t)
-           (progn
-             (setq ind (org-get-indentation))
-             (org-end-of-item))
-         (setq ind 0))))
+       (when (org-list-search-backward (org-item-beginning-re) beg t)
+         (setq ind (org-get-indentation))
+         (org-end-of-item))))
     ;; Remove common indentation
     (setq txt (org-remove-indentation txt))
     ;; Make sure this is indeed an item
-- 
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