Re: [O] alignment of description list in Org and export old and new

[Michael Brand]

Hi Nicolas

(taken from a different thread
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/58199/focus=58239 )

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> wrote:

>>   - cmd --log-level=wrn -o DST SRC
>>                            :: description
>>        for long term
>
> This isn't even valid syntax.  At the moment, Org assumes the double
> colons are on the same line as the bullet.

Ok, in this case only to keep in mind for maybe the future of Org: I
was thinking of the following, with "::" aligned manually for eye
candy and "::" still left untouched by C-c and M-q like already with
release_7.8.11-282-gb04f9e3:

  - cmd -o DST SRC         :: narrow term + narrow descr
  - cmd --create-file      :: narrow term + multiline descr bla bla
       bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
       bla bla bla bla bla
  - cmd --log-level=err -o DST SRC
                           :: wide term + narrow descr
  - cmd --log-level=wrn -o DST SRC
                           :: wide term + multiline descr bla bla bla
       bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
       bla bla bla bla
  - cmd --log-level=wrn -o --output-file=DST --input-file=SRC
       --input-format=org  :: multiline narrow term + narrow descr
  - cmd --log-level=wrn -o --output-file=DST --input-file=SRC
       --input-format=org --output-format=latex
                           :: multiline wide term + multiline descr
       bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
       bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
  - cmd                    :: narrow term + narrow descr

It would be a homogeneous Org structure allowing to have many "narrow
term + narrow descr" each consuming only one Org buffer line with the
possibility of "multiline term + multiline descr" etc. with aligned
descr columns while being completely visible. This is not well
possible now in Org AFAIK. One of the workarounds, which I would
probably not prefer when exporting because of inhomogeneous structure:

  - cmd -o DST SRC         :: narrow term + narrow descr
  - cmd --create-file      :: narrow term + multiline descr bla bla
       bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
       bla bla bla bla bla
  - cmd --log-level=err -o DST SRC
    - wide term + narrow descr
  - cmd --log-level=wrn -o DST SRC
    - wide term + multiline descr bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
      bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
  - cmd --log-level=wrn -o --output-file=DST --input-file=SRC
    --input-format=org
    - multiline narrow term + narrow descr
  - cmd --log-level=wrn -o --output-file=DST --input-file=SRC
    --input-format=org --output-format=latex
    - multiline wide term + multiline descr bla bla bla bla bla bla
      bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
      bla
  - cmd                    :: narrow term + narrow descr

Michael