Re: Org-list: Add back fancy description list indentation

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

"James R Miller" <address@hidden> writes:

> Was there really not a way to keep fancy description list indentation
> instead of removing it entirely?

I don't know if there is a way, but the implementation did not work with
nested lists.

> I have almost a decade of org files
> that use description lists,

Note that the removal does not break existing documents.

> and it really helps have the description
> items called out from the description text.

The Org manual contains many descriptions lists. 

For short descriptions,

  - XXX XXX XXX :: aaaa aaaa aaa aaaaa aaaaa


For longer descriptions,

  - XXXXX XXX XXX ::

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do
    eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

It doesn't look so bad, IMO. And it is very stable.

> Is there a simple way to add this functionality back in? Perhaps as
> some sort of variable like
> `org-use-fancy-description-list-indentation` instead of throwing it
> out entirely? 

It's not just about introducing a variable. It is about fixing
indentation with description lists containing sub-lists.

You can try, if you want to. It may be tricky though: at first glance,
the previous implementation worked, but it actually didn't.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou