From: "Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>
To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Idea, configurable markup
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:12:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <80k494wdmm.fsf@somewhere.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CA++fsGEE+aRLGCvT=bDvXjVEESm3R2+XWxVqnrqBbPY9=TbEaw@mail.gmail.com
Hi Dov,
Dov Grobgeld wrote:
> I got the following idea regarding the use of markup characters in org-mode.
> Currently it is possible to use *bold*, /italic/ and ~verbose~ and a few
> other markups. I would have liked to have this extended as follows:
>
> - Allow the toggling of the display of the "formatting" characters, *, ~,
> /, etc.
It's already in there:
1. Choose to get them hidden by default with:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq org-hide-emphasis-markers t)
#+end_src
2. Make them (dis-)appear by toggling visible-mode.
> - Allow a system that allows the user to invent his own formatting. E.g.
> «variable», 〈function〉, $math$, ⌞string⌟, or whatever the user fancies. All
> these modes should be defined in an org-mode variable and the display
> attributes should be configurable, just like any other custom org-mode font.
> If the user wants to expand beyond ASCII it should be up to him.
> - Alternately, use a system like "<var>variable</var>" where the tag var
> is user definable, just like the magic characters above. The display of the
> tags should be toggable. Just like for [file:foo.bar] where the [] character
> are hidden, should the tags be hidden until someone erases one of the two
> delimiters.
>
> Note that this is nothing more than ideas at the moment, and I'll probably
> never get around to implement any of it. Still I thought I'd share it if
> someone would like to have a go.
Regarding inventing new formatting and having them correctly exported, this is
already there as well:
See:
- `org-emphasis-alist' for face in Emacs and code to HTML
- `org-export-latex-emphasis-alist' for code to LaTeX
So, already done (by others!).
Just a comment on this: I would be in favor of having one or two extra formats
_by default_ -- so that it's not relying on my .emacs config file; in fact, as
much as in TeXinfo...
Currently, as "special" formats[1], we only have:
- org-code, and
- org-verbatim.
And the use case is not that clear to me (how do you code a URL, a filename,
an argument or a key binding?), as both finally gets resolved to the same
appearance (in HTML, and almost the same in LaTeX).
In TeXinfo, it seems to me we have at least:
- url,
- code,
- key binding,
not speaking of internal references.
I'd be glad if we could get the same "expressivety", by default, as the one we
have in TeXinfo[2].
Best regards,
Seb
Footnotes:
[1] I mean: other than bold, italic, underline and striken-through.
[2] Never wrote any line in TeXinfo, but simply had to read a couple.
--
Sebastien Vauban
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-19 19:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-19 18:38 Idea, configurable markup Dov Grobgeld
2011-09-19 18:47 ` Eric Schulte
2011-09-19 19:12 ` Sebastien Vauban [this message]
2011-09-20 15:04 ` Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
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