https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158962
--- Comment #5 from bintoro <ka...@goodtimes.fi> ---
>> it’s not possible to have one list with different bullets at the same level
>
> I’m not trying to use two different bullets at the same level. I’m trying to
> format a nested list.
Actually, I take that back. I mistook Dieter’s comment to mean switching the
bullet style between _consecutive items_.
But the ability to have different bullets at a particular level _in different
branches_ of the list structure is indeed what I want.
For example:
* Main item 1
1. Subitem
2. Subitem
* Main item 2
- Middle item
1. Subitem
2. Subitem
Currently, the only way to achieve this kind of thing is by creating two
adjacent lists: one for each main branch. Each would have its own list style.
But in a list-heavy document, that gets unwieldy very fast, as every single
“bullet X at level Y” edit results in a new permutation that must be expressed
as a distinct list style.
The list functionality quite clearly seems to be built on the assumption that
users will mainly format lists with the same bullet symbol throughout all
levels. But professionally typeset documents are not formatted like that.
I think that the list style implementation is trying to do too many things at
once, which makes it complicated and inflexible. There should be a way to apply
list formatting similarly to direct formatting, i.e., without the formatting
taking over the structure as well.
All I need is
– one list style where I specify the indents for each level
– the ability to choose a bullet/numbering symbol as I create the actual list.
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