On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 02:29:07PM +0200, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > Hello, > > Huy <list-orgm...@reml.org> writes: > > > The effects of converting from headline to list with 'C-c -' and back > > to 'C-c *' don't behave as I'd expect. The indentation levels seem all > > wrong, no matter how you look at it. > > I have pushed a patch that should go in the right direction. See below. > > > What I would like is a LEVEL=1 list, properly indented along with the > > rest of the body text. > > > > If org-adapt-indentation is t, then I would expect to see: > > > ***** Headline > > - Converted Line > > > where the '-' is aligned with the 'H' of the above headline, at the > > same column where any body text would start if I hit <TAB> in a line > > after Headline (if there were no list). > > > > And if org-adapt-indentation is nil, then I would expect to see: > > > ***** Headline > > - Converted Line > > Fixed. > > > > In fact, if I take the list and I try to convert it back to a headline > > with 'C-c *', it doesn't even matter how many spaces there are in > > front of the '-': it's always converted to a LEVEL=5 headline because > > the parent is LEVEL=4: > > This is the intended behavior. > > > Things look especially weird when org-indent-mode is turned on, since > > you have a mixture of "visual" indentation and hard space indentation. > > I would expect a 'C-c -' to insert no hard spaces at all and leave > > everything in column 0 and let the visual-line-mode adjust the > > display. > > Fixed. It's the same as the first case, as org-indent-mode sets > org-adapt-indentation to nil. > > > Now, what happens when we convert the previous example back by using > > 'C-c *'? We get a LEVEL-4 headline. > > > ***** Headline LEVEL=3 > > - Converted Line LEVEL=4 > > > becomes > > > ***** Headline LEVEL=3 > > ******* Converted Line LEVEL=4 > > > The operations are not symmetric because somehow the LEVEL was > > incremented. > > Operations are not symmetric because lists and headlines are not > equivalent objects. > > > > In most cases, 'C-c *' acts sanely. It acts weird when there is no > > Headline above a list item and you try to convert to a Headline. > > Again, in 'odd' mode. > > > - Converted Line LEVEL=1 (alone without parent) > > > becomes > > > ** Converted Line LEVEL=1.5 (alone without parent) > > > > Yes, that's a decimal. It's trying to hide in the cracks. > > Fixed. > > Please report back if something is still wrong. Thank you.
Perfect behavior! Exactly what I was expecting. The only problem is a typo 'skip-blank' instead of 'skip-blanks' Thanks a lot for the quick turnaround! > > Regards, > > -- > Nicolas Goaziou >