Hello,

Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:

> okay, I reverted my wrong fixes.  I'll let Nicolas have a look.

I attach a patch (hardly tested) for that. Does it work as expected?

> I would not favor a solution that allows more #+begin_ blocks to
> be inlined.

Neither would I. Blocks are containers.

> The proper way to handle this is to introduce a new syntax for
> inlined annotations and to treat them appropriately in exporters.
>
> Since we have both #+begin_src and src_<lang>{...} I'd suggest
> having annotation_{...} or something similar.

I would suggest [annotation:label] or [note:label] a dedicated section
for contents, much like footnotes (aren't they just special footnotes,
after all?). That way, they can be inlined while still being able to
contain paragraphs.

> The LaTeX exporter could use \marginpar{...} and the HTML back-end
> could make them appear when hovering with the mouse on the annotated
> parts (just an idea.)
>
> Maybe we will have to live with the current "regression" for 8.0
> and implement the new syntax for 8.1.  Or for 8.0, if Nicolas thinks
> the change is okay and not too error prone.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou