How to wrap lists with proper indentation when using org-indent-mode?

4
votes

In Org-mode I can get headlines wrap with proper indentation by using org-indent-mode. How can I do the same for lists, that is, how can I make it so that lists in Org-mode wrap with proper indentation?

If I insert 

* Very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long line
- Very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long line

into an Org-mode buffer with org-indent-mode I get the following:

* Very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
  very very very very long line
  - Very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
  very very very very long line.

Note that the second line of the list (the one starting with -) is not properly indented because it should align with the first letter of the start of the list. What I would expect is the following:

* Very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
  very very very very long line
  - Very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
    very very very very long line.

I am running Org-mode 7.6 in GNU Emacs 23.3.1.

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emacsorg-mode

1 Answers

6
votes

This now seems to be the standard in Org-mode version 7.8.03. The news for the release of 7.8 stated that org-ident.el had been refactored for some improvements when used with visual-line-mode (and should be faster).

As a test I ran emacs -q and used Org-mode version 7.7 that comes with emacs24. It showed the undesired behaviour. Adding my local copy of 7.8 to my load-path and reloading org then refreshing the buffer C-c C-c on:

#+STARTUP: indent

added the extra spaces on additonal lines so that indentation matched what you expect.

Upgrading to 7.8.03 (or to current git-head) will provide you with the desired functionality.

Test results

Org-Mode 7.7

#+STARTUP: indent

* Very very very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very long line
  - Very very very very very very very very very very very
  very very very very very very very very long line.

Org-Mode 7.8.03

#+STARTUP: indent

* Very very very very very very very very very very very 
  very very very very very very very very long line
  - Very very very very very very very very very very very
    very very very very very very very very long line.