I’ve tried to implement the item nesting in the [x]it! Sublime Text plugin. The problem there was that I didn’t manage to implement strict rules for subitems. If you consider the following example:
[x] Example item
[ ] Subitem
[ ] Another Sub-Sub Item
Continuation of the first item’s description
Some problems I encountered:
- The “Another Sub-Sub Item” should not be allowed, because it skips one level (from the first to the third, instead of to the second).
- The “Continuation of the first item’s description” should not be allowed, because it only makes sense for sub-items to appear after an item’s description, but not in between.
- It also doesn’t seem to be possible for sub-items to inherit their parent’s status, e.g. if the parent is checked, to also colour the sub-item as if it was checked.
- The “Another Sub-Sub Item” should not be allowed, because it skips one level (from the first to the third, instead of to the second).
- The “Continuation of the first item’s description” should not be allowed, because it only makes sense for sub-items to appear after an item’s description, but not in between.
- It also doesn’t seem to be possible for sub-items to inherit their parent’s status, e.g. if the parent is checked, to also colour the sub-item as if it was checked.