Re: [O] The power of '-'

[Brenda Butler]

I'm not super advanced in org-mode, so take what I have to say as "non-authoritative", but:

I don't think you need any prefix on lines in your org-mode file.

Lines with some number of * are headers as you noted

Lines that start with a - make a list of items.

I'm not sure what you can do with lists ... but probably that has an effect on formatting.

So you can have a paragraph (no prefix), then a list (list items start with -) then another paragraph ...

I haven't tried to "export" my org files so I don't know how it would look.  I just use the files as a todo/done list/database/thing.

bjb

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Chris Patti <address@hidden> wrote:

So, this is one of those weird moments where I feel really stupid
saying this, but I can imagine others have dealt with this as well.

When I first started using org-mode, I thought you prefixed every line
with some number of *.

Then, I discovered that the *** were headings, and actual items under
those headings were prefixed with '-'.

This is a simple thing, but WOW did it make a huge difference.

* I kept wondering why exports to PDF or HTML looked like crud
* Things like beamer wouldn't render my slides properly

etc etc.

I'm going to go over the documentation and ensure I wasn't just
looking past something, but I wonder if others have had this problem.

-Chris

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