Re: [Orgmode] Re: [PATCH] Alphabetical ordered lists

[Carsten Dominik]

On Oct 4, 2010, at 7:18 PM, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:

> > > > > > Carsten Dominik writes:
>
> > I think it would be appropriate in this case to simply throw an
> > error and let the user clean up with undo.
>
> Certainly, but this still means that any 27+ items list will never be
> able to complete a full bullet cycle as the user will have to undo
> each time alphabetical bullets are reached. It could perhaps start
> again at letter 'a'...

Ok, we could force the list to become numbered when someone tries to  
cycle it into
a,b,...  THis does not mean that you'd have to count in advance, you  
could simply
try the renumbering and when stepping over z throw an exception that  
will force the
list to move to the next state which would be numbers.

> > Nicolas, would you *object* against a patch by Nathaniel that
> > implements this? You are Mr lists now, so your green light will be
> > needed.
>
> I wouldn't object against it as some people are finding it useful and
> as it won't be turned on by default (if I remember correctly).

Yes, we sould not turn it on by default because it might bahave strange
under some circumstances.

> But I can't help thinking this could lead to unexpected results in
> some cases (admittedly less than when alpha bullets could be any size
> long).

It definitely will.

Here is an alternative idea.  Nathaniel, what do you
think about this: We could keep the numbering as we
have it in the Org file, but introduce something like address@hidden
in the first item that will convert the numbering
into a,b,... upon export to ASCII, HTML, maybe even LaTeX
(even though I think LaTeX demands some consistency here
and prefers to have the global setup decide how lists work).
Hell, we could even use address@hidden for capitals and address@hidden and 
address@hidden
for roman numbering :)

- Carsten