From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) Subject: Re: org-entities for texinfo Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:41:13 -1000 Message-ID: References: <87ip9b99uf.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38330) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TXy17-0006Mz-S7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:41:52 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TXy14-000606-QP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:41:49 -0500 Received: from oproxy11-pub.bluehost.com ([173.254.64.10]:36983) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TXy14-0005z3-Hj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:41:46 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Jonathan Leech-Pepin's message of "Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:49:22 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jonathan Leech-Pepin Cc: Org-mode , Nicolas Goaziou Aloha Nicolas and Jon, Jonathan Leech-Pepin writes: > Hello, > > On 11 November 2012 15:13, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes: >> >> > With the new exporter's texinfo back-end, I think org-entities and >> > org-entities-user might usefully be augmented with the entities listed >> > in Chapter 14 of the texinfo manual, Special Insertions. >> > >> > Or, is there some other Org mechanism that might be preferable? >> >> AFAIU, texinfo can handle UTF-8 characters with: >> >> @documentencoding UTF-8 >> >> (see section 18.2 from texinfo manual). So I guess it's safe to rely >> on :utf-8 entities. Yes, this seems to work fine. I was thinking about a back-end agnostic Org document, but I see that texinfo has its own suite of exporters, so there is no real need to export this document from Org using the other back-ends. >> >> However, special characters like @dots{} are usually handled with >> "special strings" mechanism, directly at the plain text transcoded (see >> `org-e-latex-plain-text' for example). >> > > > I believe I accounted for most of the special strings that are > directly transcoded in texinfo. There may be some that are missing, > however they can be added directly in the document using the > =3D@@info:@@=3D syntax (inline export snippets). > This works well, too. Thanks. > Are there any particular pieces of synxtax that you believe would be > useful to have added to org-entities that would also be useful in > other backends? Not yet. I'm just getting started, but will let you know if I run into any. All the best, Tom > > >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Nicolas Goaziou >> >> > Regards, > > -- > Jon > Hello, > > On 11 November 2012 15:13, Nicolas Goaziou > wrote: > > Hello, >=20=20=20=20=20 >=20=20=20=20=20 > tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes: >=20=20=20=20=20 > > With the new exporter's texinfo back-end, I think org-entities > and > > org-entities-user might usefully be augmented with the entities > listed > > in Chapter 14 of the texinfo manual, Special Insertions. > > > > Or, is there some other Org mechanism that might be preferable? >=20=20=20=20=20 >=20=20=20=20=20 > AFAIU, texinfo can handle UTF-8 characters with: >=20=20=20=20=20 > =C2=A0 @documentencoding UTF-8 >=20=20=20=20=20 > (see section 18.2 from texinfo manual). So I guess it's safe to > rely > on :utf-8 entities. >=20=20=20=20=20 > However, special characters like @dots{} are usually handled with > "special strings" mechanism, directly at the plain text transcoded > (see > `org-e-latex-plain-text' for example). > =C2=A0 > > > I believe I accounted for most of the special strings that are > directly transcoded in texinfo.=C2=A0 There may be some that are missing, > however they can be added directly in the document using the > =3D@@info:@@=3D syntax (inline export snippets). > > Are there any particular pieces of synxtax that you believe would be > useful to have added to org-entities that would also be useful in > other backends? > > > Regards, >=20=20=20=20=20 > -- > Nicolas Goaziou >=20=20=20=20=20 >=20=20=20=20=20 > > Regards, > > -- > Jon --=20 Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com