Text based lists in Emacs

Markdown

• Unordered use -, +, *, ordered use <number>.
• They do not have to be indented (they can be on the first column), because headings are different characters (#)

Org-Mode

• Unordered use -, +, *, ordered use <number>.
• They must be indented, since the same characters are use for headers

Emacs Keys

• Nicely consistent for both modes
• M-Ret will create a new item in both cases (in org-mode this works for headers too)
• Just enter will continue the current list item, properly indented
• C-j will exit the list