Ah, this makes sense. Unfortunately, an additional constraint I failed to mention in the first email is that it'd be nice if the solution worked for numbered lists as well. That solution unfortunately breaks on numbered lists :(
Is there perhaps another way to accomplish this? P.S. I just noticed the typo in "position" in the subject of this thread...apols, how very embarrassing of me. On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 6:31 PM, John Kitchin <johnrkitc...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is very un-orgish but it seems to do it. (forward-word) goes to the > end the next recognized word, (backward-word) to the beginning of the > word you are now at the end of, and (backward-char) to get to a > space. You just need org to get you on the list ;) > > It seems to work on these. > > - foo :: bar (goto-char (org-element-property :contents-begin > (org-element-at-point))) > - baz :: goo > - 1 egg > - 0.5 cups > - :punc > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > (defun gg () > (interactive) > (beginning-of-line) > (forward-word) > (backward-word) > (while (not (looking-at " ")) > (backward-char))) > #+END_SRC > > > Calvin Young writes: > > > Hi all, > > > > If my cursor is in a description list item, what's the recommended way of > > getting the point at the beginning of the description list text (i.e., > > after the bullet character)? To illustrate, given the following > description > > list item, I'd like to get the point represented by the pipe character > "|": > > > > - |foo :: bar > > > > If I use something like `(org-element-property :contents-begin > > (org-element-at-point))`, that gives me the point at the beginning of the > > description, not the list item: > > > > - foo :: |bar > > > > How do I need to massage this to give me the beginning of the whole list > > item? Is there a recommended solution that'd work for both description > > lists *and* plain lists? > > > > Thanks everyone :) > > > > Calvin > > -- > Professor John Kitchin > Doherty Hall A207F > Department of Chemical Engineering > Carnegie Mellon University > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > 412-268-7803 > @johnkitchin > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu >
