c.bu...@posteo.jp writes: > I cite from there > "An asterisk, hyphen, or plus sign character (i.e., *, -, or +)." > > I wonder why * is allowed because * also starts a heading. So how does a > piece of software/parser decide if a line starting with an * is a > heading or a list item?
Headlines always start at beginning of line and have stars followed by space: * this is a heading ** this is also a heading **but this is not (no space after stars) * this is a list item (star not at bol) Would you be interested to contribute an example to https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html#Items ? Best, Ihor
