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

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

On 03/06/13 12:17, Nick Dokos wrote:
> Alan L Tyree <alantyree@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 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 :-).
>>
>
> Wouldn't it be better to fix the file once and for all? After all, if
> you do that and then paste it into the org file, then refilling is
> *never* going to create the problem (assuming that there is no bug in
> the filling code of course: if there is, then it has to get fixed.)

Yes, probably, but I implemented the other when there was also a problem 
with footnotes that looked like [1942]. I have hundreds of these in a 
normal file (legal case references) and so I needed to disable them at 
each export.

That problem doesn't exist now since Bastien kindly did a patch for 
org-footnote.el.

>
> I may have misunderstood but I took the question to be the following: if
> I get an arbitrary file from somewhere, and I want to make an org
> document out of it, can I paste it in? The answer is "yes, but...":
> there might be problems. Checking the file with a script shows the
> problems, then you go in and fix them (by hand if necessary: four or
> five instances of the problem in 60+ pages seems insignificant, assuming
> that you *know* that the problem is there.)

That is only part of the problem. I'm pretty sure that the footnote 
example that we have been discussing did *not* come from a cut and paste 
file. But I don't know where it did come from. Samuel seemed to think 
that he had a filling problem.

In short, I don't know exactly what the problem is or if there is a 
single source.

I'm facing some serious deadlines right now, but when I get clear of the 
fog I will investigate further and report back, hoping to clarify the 
problem.

Thanks again for your time on this.

>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Who's to guarantee that the file you are pasting in does not have
> indented dashes or numbers at the beginning of some lines? Wouldn't
> that cause the same problem?
>
Yes, it does, but it's not a problem that I have ever seen. I probably 
will see it now on the next cut and paste :-).

Thanks again for all your time on this.

Cheers,
Alan



-- 
Alan L Tyree                    http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan
Tel:  04 2748 6206		sip:172385@iptel.org