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* [RFC] About `org-export-with-\(fixed-width\|tables\)'
@ 2013-12-18 20:36 Nicolas Goaziou
  2013-12-18 20:44 ` Nick Dokos
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  0 siblings, 4 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2013-12-18 20:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Org Mode List

Hello,

At the moment, `org-export-with-fixed-width' and
`org-export-with-tables' (or their OPTIONS equivalent ::t and |:t) are
broken when not set to their default value. Also, "fixing" them is not
trivial. I think this is a good time to ponder about their usefulness.

Indeed, I don't think anyone would want to remove tables (or fixed-width
areas) from Org syntax. These variables were probably written because
tables and fixed-width can occasionally get in the way, on very specific
lines.

However, Org already provides ways to work around such problems. For
example, a table can be wrapped within an example block, or an offending
line can start with \vert instead of "|".

Therefore, in today's Org, they don't make much sense anymore. As
a consequence, I'd like to either:

  1. Remove them completely from code base;

  2. Change their meaning so they behave like `org-export-with-toc' or
     `org-export-with-tags', that is: when `org-export-with-tables' is
     set to nil, all tables are ignored during export.

I don't think option 2 is really useful, but I don't mind either way.


WDYT?


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

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2013-12-18 20:36 [RFC] About `org-export-with-\(fixed-width\|tables\)' Nicolas Goaziou
2013-12-18 20:44 ` Nick Dokos
2013-12-18 21:19 ` Rasmus
2013-12-18 21:49 ` Thomas S. Dye
2013-12-18 21:58   ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-12-18 22:24     ` Thomas S. Dye
2013-12-19 22:08 ` Florian Beck
2014-01-03 15:03   ` Bastien
2014-01-05  0:18     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-01-05  6:36       ` Bastien
2014-01-05 17:00       ` Florian Beck
2014-01-05 22:14         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-01-04 15:11   ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-01-07 18:17     ` Eric S Fraga
2014-01-08  7:23       ` Florian Beck
2014-01-08  8:17         ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-01-08 12:00         ` Eric S Fraga

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