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 <n.goaz...@gmail.com> 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