Question

How do I include Tikz Nodes inside of a list environment without the org-mode latex export breaking the environment?

I have some code, which create braces along several list items using Tikz. The list should ideally look like this (this is my manually typed xelatex code…and actually I would prefer “enumerate” but one thing at a time):

\begin{itemize}[noitemsep=nosep]
   \item who tells (to whom)?
     \tikz[remember picture] \node[coordinate,yshift=0.5em] (n1) {}; %max 2 sentences
   \item what happens?
   \item to whom?
   \item with what result?
     \tikz[remember picture] \node[coordinate] (n2) {};
     \tikz[remember picture] \node[coordinate, yshift=0.5em] (n3) {}; %max 4 sentences
   \item beginning
   \item how action rises
   \item climax
   \item denouncement
     \tikz[remember picture] \node[coordinate] (n4) {};
\end{itemize}

The problem: The breaks in the list for the Tikz code is causing a break in the list environment, so that I end up with multiple lists, when I only want one list.

See org-mode code below:

* My list starts here
 -  who tells (to whom)?
      #+BEGIN_LaTeX
      \tikz[remember picture]\node[coordinate,yshift=0.5em] (n1) {}; 
      #+END_LaTeX
 -  what happens?
 -  to whom?
 -  with what result?
     #+BEGIN_LaTeX
     \tikz[remember picture] \node[coordinate] (n2) {};\tikz[remember picture] \node[coordinate, yshift=0.5em] (n3) {}; 
     #+END_LaTeX
 -  beginning
 -  how action rises
 -  climax
 -  denouncement
     #+BEGIN_LaTeX
     \tikz[remember picture] \node[coordinate] (n4) {};
     #+END_LaTeX

See Latex Output here:

\begin{itemize}
\item who tells (to whom)?
\end{itemize} <--THIS IS THE PROBLEM, HOW CAN I STOP THE ITEMIZE ENVIRONMENT FROM ENDING HERE
\tikz[remember picture]\node[coordinate,yshift=0.5em] (n1) {}; 
\begin{itemize}
\item what happens?
\item to whom?
\item with what result?
\end{itemize}<--THIS IS THE PROBLEM AGAIN
\tikz[remember picture] \node[coordinate] (n2) {};\tikz[remember
picture] \node[coordinate, yshift=0.5em] (n3) {}; 
\begin{itemize}
\item beginning
\item how action rises
\item climax
\item denouncement
\end{itemize}<--THIS IS THE PROBLEM AGAIN, IT SHOULD BE THE ONLY \end{itemize} AND AT THE BOTTOM
\tikz[remember picture] \node[coordinate] (n4) {};

Answer 1

The answer to this problem is to indent the tikz code in the list. I only realized this after indenting the code on this website for readability, when I realized that that was the solution! I was testing the new version of org-mode, which rvf0068 suggested, when it occurred to me that the indentation is the solution.

-  who tells (to whom)?
   #+BEGIN_LaTeX
   \tikz[remember picture]\node[coordinate,yshift=0.5em] (n1) {}; 
   #+END_LaTeX
 -  what happens?
 -  to whom?
 -  with what result?

NOT

-  who tells (to whom)?
#+BEGIN_LaTeX
\tikz[remember picture]\node[coordinate,yshift=0.5em] (n1) {}; 
#+END_LaTeX
 -  what happens?
 -  to whom?
 -  with what result?