From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: Variable naming (old vs new exporter) Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:57:32 +0200 Message-ID: <871ulqdkqr.fsf@gmail.com> References: <80y5o1gbcy.fsf@somewhere.org> <87wr3iew2w.fsf@gmail.com> <87haumeqv6.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36689) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ScyoG-0007MM-Pc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:01:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ScyoE-0002Ie-SM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:01:00 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:37719) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ScyoE-0002Hg-IT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:00:58 -0400 Received: from public by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Scyo8-0000r3-KW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:00:52 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Samuel Wales's message of "Thu, 7 Jun 2012 15:47:27 -0700") 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@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Samuel Wales Cc: public-emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@plane.gmane.org, Sebastien Vauban Hello, Samuel Wales writes: > On 6/7/12, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: >> No. When they are ready, they will completely replace old >> exporters. Only old exporters with no equivalent back-end for new export >> engine will be preserved. > > Here is my earlier question on this topic and Bastien's answer. I > recognize that "as backward compatible as possible" is open to > interpretation, but I find your answer to be possibly requiring me to > stop upgrading Org. > > === > >> While the new exporter has advantages, I hope the old exporter will >> still be available for a long time. I will need it for various >> purposes, including speed -- I use it for an exact word counter that >> works flawlessly -- and some design differences from the new exporter. >> (Also the new exporter does not currently work on 22.) > > Good to know. We will try to keep things as backward compatible as > possible. There is no plan to destroy existing code anyway. You may want to send your word count function so we can see how you can integrate it in the new exporter engine. About Emacs 22, I cannot help much as I have uninstalled it years ago. Since there is no exotic code in org-export.el, solving the problem could be as simple as adding a defalias in org-compat.el. But you'll have to debug it yourself. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou