On Oct 31, 2010, at 5:41 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote:

>
> On Oct 31, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Magnus Nilsson wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Is there a way to include an abstract that suits both LaTeX export  
>> and html export?
>>
>> I am thinking in lines of
>> #+BEGIN_ABSTRACT:
>> My abstract goes here
>> #+END_ABSTRACT:
>> and have it interpreted differently depending on the export used.
>
> No, not yet, but I believe this would be useful to have. Make a patch
> and I will look at it favorably.
>
> Cheers
>
> - Carsten


Aloha Magnus,

Alternatively, you could use the existing link syntax for this kind of  
markup.   See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-latex-export.php#sec-12

For example you could define a link type latex-env in your .emacs:
(org-add-link-type
  "latex-env" nil
  (lambda (path desc format)
    (cond
     ((eq format 'html)
      (format "<span style=\"color:grey;\">%s</span>" desc))
     ((eq format 'latex)
      (format "\\begin{%s}%s\\end{%s}" path desc path)))))
with this input [[latex-env:abstract][My abstract goes here.]], LaTeX  
export yields

\begin[abstract}
My abstract goes here.
\end{abstract}

You'd have to fiddle with the html part so that it suits your needs,  
but that might not be too hard.

HTH,
Tom