Org-list: Add back fancy description list indentation

Org-list: Add back fancy description list indentation

[James R Miller]

Hi all,

Was there really not a way to keep fancy description list indentation instead of removing it entirely? I have almost a decade of org files that use description lists, and it really helps have the description items called out from the description text. 

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? 

Here's the commit I'm referring to: https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode/commit/683df456a41a2b0e308bdbf746f5db0235a6058a

Thanks. 

-- 
  James Miller
  james.ryland.miller@gmail.com

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

[Colin Baxter]

>>>>> James R Miller <james.ryland.miller@gmail.com> writes:

    > Hi all, Was there really not a way to keep fancy description list
    > indentation instead of removing it entirely? I have almost a
    > decade of org files that use description lists, and it really
    > helps have the description items called out from the description
    > text.

+1 And I've only 6 files similarly affected!


    > 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?

    > Here's the commit I'm referring to:
    > https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode/commit/683df456a41a2b0e308bdbf746f5db0235a6058a

    > Thanks.

    > -- James Miller james.ryland.miller@gmail.com




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

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

"James R Miller" <james.ryland.miller@gmail.com> 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

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

[James R Miller]

It just seems like a regression to me instead of a fix. Functionality was removed instead of fixed. 

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  James Miller
  james.ryland.miller@gmail.com

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

[Nicolas Goaziou]

"James R Miller" <james.ryland.miller@gmail.com> writes:

> It just seems like a regression to me instead of a fix. Functionality
> was removed instead of fixed. 

I am not sure about how helpful your message is.

I am not opposed to the fancy indentation you want: if you want to fix
it properly, you can give it a go. The code didn't disappear, it is
still in a commit.

Meanwhile, this broken part of indentation is "disabled".

Regards,

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

[James R Miller]

This just might be the functionality that makes me learn elisp. :)

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  James Miller
  james.ryland.miller@gmail.com

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

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

"James R Miller" <james.ryland.miller@gmail.com> writes:

> This just might be the functionality that makes me learn elisp. :)

See. You'll soon thank me for removing the feature you liked ;)

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou