Re: [html] non-lists showing up as lists

[Alan L Tyree <alantyree@gmail.com>]

On 03/06/13 07:40, Nick Dokos wrote:
> Alan L Tyree <alantyree@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> So: my problem is that somehow the '137.' got at the head of a line. I
>> have no idea how that happened. I inserted references in this document
>> using reftex, so I suppose that is one source to investigate.
>>
>> The other source is, no doubt, cut and paste.
>>
>> In a 60+ page document, I had four or five of these, so it is a very
>> annoying problem.
>>
>> In view of this, should I explore further about the source of these or
>> try out the patch you sent?
>>
>
> If the problematic lines existed in the file that you pasted into an org
> file, then there is nothing that org can do of course. The thing to do
> is to check the file *before* you "import" it into org. Here's a simple
> awk script to catch the two cases of plain and numbered lists:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> #! /usr/bin/gawk -f
>
> /^ *- /         {printf("Line %d: plain list element: %s\n", NR, $0);}
> /^ *[0-9]+\. /	{printf("Line %d: numbered list element: %s\n", NR, $0);}
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Catching more cases and integrating the script into your workflow (and
> fixing any bugs) is left as an exercise.
>
Indeed, an exercise which I have already done in the form of a lisp 
function to catch the nasty little numbers at the beginning of lines.

For the earlier exporter, I used this to insert non-printing spaces, 
export, then remove non-printing space. Far from elegant :-).

I still like the suggestion that there should be an option so that lists 
cannot begin at the beginning of a line. Like Samuel earlier in this 
thread, I always indent lists.

Thanks for you consideration of all this, Nicolas. I need to identify 
where the offending lines are coming from.

Cheers,
Alan



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