From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rasmus Subject: Re: [patch][ox-html] Stylistic changes Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 23:19:27 +0100 Message-ID: <87k3bs31u8.fsf@gmx.us> References: <874n2z3ruf.fsf@gmx.us> <87d2hmsbuc.fsf@gmail.com> <87eh21k1qx.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <20140317170102.GA75979@eyeBook> 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]:53354) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WPfsl-00044Z-Ug for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:19:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WPfsf-0001Zo-Lc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:19:43 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20140317170102.GA75979@eyeBook> (Rick Frankel's message of "Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:01:02 -0400") 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: bzg@gnu.org Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, n.goaziou@gmail.com Hi Rick, Rick Frankel writes: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 03:17:10AM +0100, Bastien wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Nicolas Goaziou writes: >> >> > So if the change is only stylistic, I see no reason to break >> > compatibility with "ox-freemind.el". > >> I would favor a solution where the HTML backend uses what's >> readable (— and friends) and where the Freemind backend >> deals with this. >> >> Maybe `org-html-special-string-regexps' could be a variable >> and Freemind could temporarily set it up to what it needs? > > The use of numeric vs. named entities is not just stylistic. > XHMTL[45] only support the 5 basic named entities interally: > > - & - the ampersand & > - " - the double quote " > - ' single quote ' > - < - less-than < > - > - greater-than > > > So including any others will generate non-conforming output. > Since the change is cosmetic, I don't see the purpose in adding a lot > of conditional code to the exporter to output different entities for > html[45] vs xhtml[45]. AFAIK, we have a lot more entities in org-entities with &PRETTY-NAME;. When I've entities I've used a pretty name over a numeric value when I found one. What's you'r opinion on that? Should we go for readable or aim towards replacing them with these numeric values? =E2=80=94Rasmus --=20 With monopolies the cake is a lie!