On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 9:22 AM Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote:

(let ((no-thrill (lambda (o c _) (or c (org-element-property :value o)))))
(org-export-create-backend
:parent 'ascii ;or `hugo', depending on what you mean
:transcoders (mapcar (lambda (type) (cons type no-thrill))
'(bold code italic strike-through underline verbatim))))

Five locs. Not bad either.

Thank you. That also looks a cleaner way to implement what I want.

You're basically describing `ox-ascii' with stripped emphasis markers.

Exactly. That's why I suggested extending ox-ascii from this "raw" backend.

At this point, I'm not convinced we need this in Org proper.

That's understood. No problem. The snippet you suggested above serves the purpose very well for now.

Thanks!