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>>  From my point of view exporters may reuse code block formatters for
>> examples. It would allow to pass options to e.g. LaTeX verbatim environment:
>> Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez. Re: A question/bug report(?) Wed, 30 Mar
>> 2022 07:14:54 +0200
>> https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/CAO48Bk_dJs1=5zgpcZwODaTsRqyRsKq1ALj6WpaXCc4bDjW3FQ@mail.gmail.com/
>
> Among other goals, the new fontification is aiming to avoid such bad
> surprises.

OK, just to add to the discussion. The original intent of my message was to give _me_ control over what I want to colour, not delegating that to the fontifying engine in Emacs.

I need limited and controlled colouring for text-books and lab manuals where colouring elements of a listing goes against the publishing standards. I only need custom colouring to "emulate" terminal output, not for the code as such. And I could do that with the #+ATTR: if supported.

Best, /PA