ox-ascii: Implement plain-lists own extra margin

* lisp/ox-ascii.el (org-ascii-list-margin): New variable.
(ascii): New property.
(org-ascii--current-text-width, org-ascii-plain-list): Take into
account list margin.

* doc/org.texi (Publishing options):
* etc/ORG-NEWS (argument): Document new variable.

3 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/org.texi b/doc/org.texi
index c876906..7d98d51 100644
--- a/doc/org.texi
+++ b/doc/org.texi
@@ -13807,6 +13807,7 @@ however, override everything.
 @item @code{:ascii-inlinetask-width}              @tab @code{org-ascii-inlinetask-width}
 @item @code{:ascii-inner-margin}                  @tab @code{org-ascii-inner-margin}
 @item @code{:ascii-links-to-notes}                @tab @code{org-ascii-links-to-notes}
+@item @code{:ascii-list-margin}                   @tab @code{org-ascii-list-margin}
 @item @code{:ascii-paragraph-spacing}             @tab @code{org-ascii-paragraph-spacing}
 @item @code{:ascii-quote-margin}                  @tab @code{org-ascii-quote-margin}
 @item @code{:ascii-table-keep-all-vertical-lines} @tab @code{org-ascii-table-keep-all-vertical-lines}
diff --git a/etc/ORG-NEWS b/etc/ORG-NEWS
index 62181cb..8a5b8c1 100644
--- a/etc/ORG-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ORG-NEWS
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ which is now obsolete.  As a consequence, this change also deprecates
 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
 in a source block.
+*** New option in ASCII export
+Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
+~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
 *** New blocks in ASCII export
 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks.  See documentation for details.
diff --git a/lisp/ox-ascii.el b/lisp/ox-ascii.el
index 047b74e..6f2b43a 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-ascii.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-ascii.el
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
     (:ascii-inlinetask-width nil nil org-ascii-inlinetask-width)
     (:ascii-inner-margin nil nil org-ascii-inner-margin)
     (:ascii-links-to-notes nil nil org-ascii-links-to-notes)
+    (:ascii-list-margin nil nil org-ascii-list-margin)
     (:ascii-paragraph-spacing nil nil org-ascii-paragraph-spacing)
     (:ascii-quote-margin nil nil org-ascii-quote-margin)
     (:ascii-table-keep-all-vertical-lines
@@ -184,6 +185,15 @@ This margin is applied on both sides of the text."
   :package-version '(Org . "8.0")
   :type 'integer)
 
+(defcustom org-ascii-list-margin 0
+  "Width of margin used for plain lists, in characters.
+This margin applies to top level list only, not to its
+sub-lists."
+  :group 'org-export-ascii
+  :version "24.5"
+  :package-version '(Org . "8.3")
+  :type 'integer)
+
 (defcustom org-ascii-inlinetask-width 30
   "Width of inline tasks, in number of characters.
 This number ignores any margin."
@@ -581,6 +591,15 @@ INFO is a plist used as a communication channel."
 				 '(quote-block verse-block))
 		      count parent)
 		2 (plist-get info :ascii-quote-margin))
+	     ;; Apply list margin once per "top-level" plain-list
+	     ;; containing current line
+	     (* (let ((count 0))
+		  (dolist (e genealogy count)
+		    (and (eq (org-element-type e) 'plain-list)
+			 (not (eq (org-element-type (org-export-get-parent e))
+				  'item))
+			 (incf count))))
+		(plist-get info :ascii-list-margin))
 	     ;; Text width within a plain-list is restricted by
 	     ;; indentation of current item.  If that's the case,
 	     ;; compute it with the help of `:structure' property from
@@ -1558,7 +1577,11 @@ the plist used as a communication channel."
   "Transcode a PLAIN-LIST element from Org to ASCII.
 CONTENTS is the contents of the list.  INFO is a plist holding
 contextual information."
-  contents)
+  (let ((margin (plist-get info :ascii-list-margin)))
+    (if (or (< margin 1)
+	    (eq (org-element-type (org-export-get-parent plain-list)) 'item))
+	contents
+      (org-ascii--indent-string contents margin))))
 
 
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