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To: timor <timor.dd@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

Hello Nicolas,

Sorry for not replying earlier. If my comments don't matter anymore,
please ignore.

Specification-wise, I cannot think of anything other than

"Use <foo-mechanism> to prevent any special characters from formatting text."

I guess one would have to define the list of characters which can be escaped.
I also don't know if backslash is the correct way to go.

Another thing I think is important is that <foo-mechanism> is
semi-obvious to non-org-mode people. That's why I think using
org-entities is not a valid workaround for my original problem.

regards,
timor

2015-09-27 11:41 GMT+02:00 Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>:
> Hello,
>
> timor <timor.dd@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I am wondering why there is no simple backslash-escaping of org-mode
>> syntax?
>
> I think a backslash escaping is needed. However, I don't think it is
> going to be that simple. Do you have some specifications in mind?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou