[Docutils-users] Re: Formatting problem of lists in reST

[Felix W. <Fel...@gm...>]

Alan G Isaac wrote:

>>> * Aorta 
>>> * V. cava superior 
>>> * V. cava inferior 
>
> The question is whether there is an easy to remember heuristic that
> fixes this problem, which has come up before.  As a user, I hope this
> will be explored rather than dismissed: the current solution is pretty
> ugly and forgettable.

I agree.  I added it to the to do list.

> If the above example is representative, a white space soln is
> possible.  E.g., require more than one space character (counting a tab
> as multiple) after the period to initiate an enumerated list.

That's certainly possible.  I'm not sure yet if that's the best
solution, but we'll see.

> (Do I vaguely recall something like that when bulletted lists are
> nested?)

No, that's not needed anywhere at the moment.

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