Re: [O] How to use em-dash as a bullet for plain text lists?

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Grant Rettke <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I want to use em-dash as a bullet for plain lists.
>
> I read the documentation and didn't see a customization option.

>
> I read org-list.el only enough to get a rough idea of how it
> works. org-at-item-p, org-at-item-bullet-p, org-item-re seem important for
> understanding the structure.
>
> Before I go any further (studying or coding)
>
> 1. How would you go about this?
> 2. Is it worth me going further on figuring out how this works and how to
> do it?

This is not supported and I think it shouldn't be. Since its inception,
Org syntax focuses on ASCII characters. em dashes do not belong to that
class.

What could be possible, however, is to add UTF-8 characters as overlays
on top of standard bullets. I think "org-bullet" does something like
that.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou