From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: Citation syntax: a revised proposal Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 21:13:50 +0100 Message-ID: <877fvjj5kx.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> References: <87k2zjnc0e.fsf@berkeley.edu> <87zj8fjdnv.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <873867m4kg.fsf@berkeley.edu> <87fva7jaly.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87zj8fc7w5.fsf@gmail.com> <87bnkvj85w.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87wq3jc6dc.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48819) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YN5Yi-0002xr-N8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:12:57 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YN5Yd-0000y0-Ju for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:12:52 -0500 Received: from relay5-d.mail.gandi.net ([2001:4b98:c:538::197]:50703) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YN5Yd-0000xl-Ea for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:12:47 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87wq3jc6dc.fsf@gmail.com> (Aaron Ecay's message of "Sun, 15 Feb 2015 19:38:39 +0000") 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: Richard Lawrence Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Aaron Ecay writes: > It violates DRY. It (thus) makes it annoying to export a document to a > new backend: you have to search through all the citations and copy any > :cap keys to the new backend. > > Crazy idea: what if there was a =E2=80=9Croot=E2=80=9D backend from which= all other > backends were derived? This would maintain consistency with existing > attribute syntax (and possibly new, as proposed below), but also allow > certain attributes to be passed to all backends. The model doesn't hold because attributes are not inherited. Anyway I'm not against adding a special "all" attribute, but if it can be avoided, I'm all for it. Time for another crazy idea. Last one on my side for today [cite ...] [(cite) ...] [Cite ...] [(Cite) ...] It should solve the :capitalize issue. Regards,