From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Thomas S. Dye" Subject: Re: Re: unnumbered subsections in latex export Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:29:30 -1000 Message-ID: <9DA04C61-1F74-4850-83BE-EF939FEA9356@tsdye.com> References: <20110322051038.21655c80@kuru.homelinux.net> <80d3lj9wj6.fsf@somewhere.org> <20110322053134.669127e9@kuru.homelinux.net> <8999.1300804510@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <20110322160814.227fc53f@bhishma.homelinux.net> <27844.1300836065@alphaville.usa.hp.com> <87ipv9gbst.fsf@gnu.org> <7864.1300892560@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59590 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q2QwH-0002DQ-Sh for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:29:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q2QwE-0002tJ-UU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:29:41 -0400 Received: from oproxy3-pub.bluehost.com ([69.89.21.8]:36189) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q2QwE-0002rz-OU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:29:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: <7864.1300892560@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Cc: Bastien , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Mar 23, 2011, at 5:02 AM, Nick Dokos wrote: > Bastien wrote: > >> Hi Nick, >> >> Nick Dokos writes: >> >>> Suvayu Ali wrote: >>> >>>> This works too, but Lawrence's patch makes it much easier and >>>> probably works for other export formats too. Thanks a lot. :) >>> >>> No doubt Lawrence's patch can be extended to work for other >>> exports, but >>> it's not there yet: each exporter would need a change similar to >>> the one >>> that he made to the LaTeX exporter. >> >> Let's handle this change exporter by exporter. The longest trip >> starts >> with the first step :) >> > > Sorry, I sent my previous comment without reading ahead for this. I > still > would like to see some discussion on this, though. > > Thanks, > Nick > Aloha Nick, A non-programmer user's perspective. I'm pleased that the goal of having one source file export well to various formats is widely held. I'm also pleased that "exports well" is frequently redefined to a higher standard. It is impressive to watch something as complex as Org-mode created in this way. I agree with you that it would be more convenient for users if features were introduced fully formed. I guess users get something like that by sticking to releases, rather than following along on git. It used to perturb me that Org-mode files that I had worked hard to create would suddenly break, especially when these were intended to replace LaTeX files, which are rarely if ever broken in that stable environment. I weighed that inconvenience against the good things that Org-mode has brought me and decided to live with the occasional inconvenience/catastrophe. All the best, Tom