Wiki Export, Discontinuous Numbering... (was: small update)
Alexandre Enkerli
aenkerli at indiana.edu
Sat Sep 4 08:46:32 PDT 2004
Tim Pritlove said:
> I would be most interested in a flexible way to exchange outlines with
> Wiki pages.
That's a really good one!! Of course, WikiPages are really easy to
edit, but using OO to move stuff around would really help.
> or using the "#" character creating a numbered list
I think this is an important feature. Most editing systems that allow
for outline hierarchies (say, Word, LaTeX, Wiki) have a clear
difference between numbered and unnumbered lists. OO2 does too,
internally, but it needs to be available in exported files too. That's
one reason why the LaTeX export should allow for enumerate as well as
itemize.
Of course, outlines in OO2 are set up as continuous lists. If I a
single OOutline file looks more or less like a single list in Word,
LaTeX, or Wiki. But as you all know, we do a lot more with our OO
documents. So there could/should be a way in OO3 to specify numbering
preferences for any item of a single level, and these preferences
should carry over to exported files.
IOW, I should be able to have this in a single OO file:
Unnumbered first level
Unnumbered second level
Unnumbered second level
1. Numbered first level
1.1. Numbered second level
1.2. Numbered second level
2. Numbered first level
Unnumbered first level
Unnumbered second level
Unnumbered third level
1. Numbered first level
2. Numbered first level
3. Numbered first level
And have it export to:
*Unnumbered first level
**Unnumbered second level
**Unnumbered second level
#Numbered first level
##Numbered second level
##Numbered second level
#Numbered first level
*Unnumbered first level
**Unnumbered second level
***Unnumbered third level
#Numbered first level
#Numbered first level
#Numbered first level
With the equivalent in LaTeX, etc.
My solution for LaTeX so far has been to have a column with a choice of
"description," "itemize," or "enumerate" that the XSL uses to build
LaTeX lists. It's not robust at all and requires some manual
post-processing, but it's a *great* help.
Thanks!
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