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From: Andreas Leha <andreas.leha@med.uni-goettingen.de>
Subject: Re: LaTeX export: Theorem with an author
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Hi Nicolas,

>> How to generate latex code for a theorem with an author, like this:
>>
>> \begin{theorem}[Newton]
>> Blah.
>> \end{theorem}
>>
>> With the old exporter, you could do this:
>>
>>
>> #+BEGIN_theorem Newton
>> Blah.
>> #+END_theorem
>>
>>

[...]

I was not aware of that possibility in the old exporter.  Neat!

>
> There's no right way at the moment: I forgot to implement this.
>
> Anyway, since this feature was LaTeX only, what do you think about the
> following syntax (which doesn't work yet):
>
>   #+attr_latex: :options [Newton]
>   #+begin_theorem
>   Blah.
>   #+end_theorem
>
> It is heavier but it seems more consistent to me.

Even if it *was* LaTeX only, shouldn't it be up to the backend to
provide translation of such arguments?  I'd vote for the shorter version
to have a (possibly future) backend-agnostic version.

Just my 2ct.

- Andreas