From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: Heading vs Headline Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 19:04:49 +0800 Message-ID: <87y4yjunqm.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <86eh0dlhh2.fsf@somewhere.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54394) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WgXhb-0005qa-1e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 07:02:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WgXhU-0001Yu-QM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 07:01:54 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:37108) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WgXhU-0001Xl-Jw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 07:01:48 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WgXhQ-0006iX-Kg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 13:01:44 +0200 Received: from 111.197.164.254 ([111.197.164.254]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 03 May 2014 13:01:44 +0200 Received: from eric by 111.197.164.254 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 03 May 2014 13:01:44 +0200 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Sebastien Vauban writes: > Hello, > > Particularly in the Org Beamer documentation, headlines seems the most > used term while there is a tag "ignoreheading"... > > I have the impression that both terms (heading and headline) are > synonyms. Though, is this true, or is there some subtle nuance? > > Best regards, > Seb I've had the same confusion before, and have ended up trying to stick to "heading". Having worked in journalism, "headline" has very definite associations for me. "Heading" is seen in other equivalent contexts, like Latex, but so is "header". "Header" stomps on the toes of email/HTML/HTTP, though, so I come back to "heading"... Two cents, Eric