From: Leo Alekseyev <dnquark@gmail.com>
To: Emacs orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Semantics of the colon (can it be considered a general markup element?)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:11:02 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADzxs1nDend+j0F3oimHJjg0zXgvx0q4jzqdNT0RvOoZqykTvQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
I started prefixing certain lines with the colon (:) in my org-files,
because it is a convenient way to get "verbatim" behavior. It has
advantages over markup such as =code= or ~verbatim~ in that it looks
better, can be used with text that spans multiple lines, and actually
ignores org-markup (for instance ~[[foo]]~ in org-mode will still turn
foo into a link, whereas : [[foo]] will render verbatim).
The question that I have is this: is that a legitimate / intended use
of the ":" markup? I haven't seen it discussed in the docs, and only
found its existence when org-babel results blocks started returning
lines prefixed with ":". I think having a general lightweight syntax
for verbatim lines is very desirable, and if ":" indeed fits this
role, it should be mentioned in the manual under "markup" (since it is
a logical place to turn to when looking for verbatim/comment
constructs).
--Leo
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