Re: [Orgmode] information/feature request: org analog to latex \description environment

[Carsten Dominik]

On Sep 10, 2008, at 12:19 AM, Eric Schulte wrote:

> Sebastian Rose <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > > ,----
> > > | first term: and it's definition
> > > | second: and it's definition
> > > `----
> >
> >
> > How should Org distinguish those colons from other colons?
>
> yes, I suppose the double colons you show below would be required
>
> > > would be much preferable to what I currently often find myself doing
> > > which is
> > >
> > > ,----
> > > | - *first term*: and it's definition
> > > | - *second*: and it's definition
> > > `----
> >
> >
> > This is what I did too :-) I even wrote a little little elisp  
> > function
> > to do this for me. But since a few weeks there is:
> >
> >
> >  - Term1 :: description (try to press ALT-RET here)
> >  - Term2 :: description (try to press ALT-RET here)

However, this syntax is only supported by the HTML backend, not by the  
LaTeX backend yet.... :-(

- Carsten