From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) Subject: Re: Macro question with new texinfo exporter Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:21:48 -1000 Message-ID: References: <877gmvalzn.fsf@gmail.com> <87vcae53fi.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87haly96xi.fsf@gmail.com> <87zjzqejhz.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87wquumhqk.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:50478) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U0jn7-0007bJ-U9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:22:18 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U0jn6-0000vr-JP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:22:17 -0500 Received: from oproxy7-pub.bluehost.com ([67.222.55.9]:55513) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U0jn6-0000vl-9u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:22:16 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87wquumhqk.fsf@gmail.com> (Nicolas Goaziou's message of "Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:24:51 +0100") 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: Nicolas Goaziou Cc: Bastien , Org-mode Nicolas Goaziou writes: > Bastien writes: > >> Nicolas Goaziou writes: >> >>> Supporting old syntax is a bit tricky. Perhaps something like: >>> >>> - Find the first one to appear between comma and quote: >>> - if it is a comma, use old syntax >>> - in any other case, use new syntax. >> >> Sounds good to me. > > OTOH, the change will happen during a major release. Moreover macros > belong to an export framework which have been totally rewritten. Must we > cope with backward compatibility in this case ? Perhaps make macro expansion conditional on old/new exporter, rather than the form of the macro? Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com