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From: "Sebastien Vauban" <sva-news-D0wtAvR13HarG/iDocfnWg@public.gmane.org>
To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: [RFC] Syntax for macros
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:49:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86ha8n6ulq.fsf@somewhere.org> (raw)

Hello,

I know this question can be a sensible one, but I wonder whether we
couldn't "remove some fat" from the macro "call" syntax?

When trying to convince colleagues and friends to use macros, I get
kind of allergic reactions because of the many accolades.

Example:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
  #+MACRO: hlt @@html:<span style="background-color: yellow;">$1</span>@@

  This {{{hlt(information)}}} is important.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I wondered whether we could reduce the number of accolades to 2 or 1?

This would be much more easy to read, IMO:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
  This {hlt(information)} is important.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Would this be possible?  If so, would you want that as well?

Best regards,
  Seb

-- 
Sebastien Vauban

             reply	other threads:[~2014-01-29  8:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-29  8:49 Sebastien Vauban [this message]
2014-01-29  9:25 ` [RFC] Syntax for macros Bastien
2014-01-30 10:29   ` Sebastien Vauban
2014-01-30 10:41     ` Bastien
2014-01-30 10:48       ` Sebastien Vauban
2014-01-30 14:08         ` Nick Dokos
2014-01-30 14:56           ` Sebastien Vauban
2014-01-30 16:59             ` Nick Dokos
2014-01-30 17:22               ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-01-30 18:03               ` Bastien
2014-01-31 22:13                 ` [PATCH] Font-lock: allow hiding of brackets surrounding macros Florian Beck
2014-02-01  0:22                   ` Bastien
2014-02-05 10:14                     ` Bastien
2014-02-05 13:07                       ` Sebastien Vauban
2014-02-05 13:12                         ` Bastien
2014-01-30 19:25               ` [RFC] Syntax for macros Florian Beck
2014-01-30 21:11                 ` Thomas S. Dye
2014-01-30 18:24 ` Achim Gratz

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