From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Sebastien Vauban" Subject: Re: [RFC] Make QUOTE an export keyword instead of an element type Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:06:19 +0100 Message-ID: <86wqhleo2s.fsf@somewhere.org> References: <87zjmiyhfd.fsf@gmail.com> <87mwiijt9g.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87vbx671jq.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Nick Dokos wrote: > Bastien writes: > >> PS: Removing COMMENT would be more problematic, as it is very handy >> to temporarily prevent a section from being exported or tangled. > > Doesn't a :noexport: tag do exactly that? (not sure about tangling > actually, but that should be not be a big problem.) Why are two > mechanisms needed? There a some differences, as a COMMENT section will never execute any Babel code block inside it (it's like it did not exist at all), while :noexport: still will. Of course, we can wonder whether that particularity of COMMENT couldn't or shouldn't be transported to :noexport: as well (or something extra, such a :donothing:). Best regards, Seb -- Sebastien Vauban