From: Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com>
To: Aaron Ecay <aaronecay@gmail.com>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>,
Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: small caps
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 07:39:11 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2bnbhefr4.fsf@tsdye.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a8r1y4bm.fsf@gmail.com>
Aloha Aaron,
Aaron Ecay <aaronecay@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi Nicolas,
>
> 2015ko urriak 29an, Nicolas Goaziou-ek idatzi zuen:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> do we have a syntax for the "small caps" text attribute in Org?
>>
>> No, we don't.
>>
>>> If not, should we?
>>
>> We cannot have a syntax for everything. A macro can probably replace
>> missing syntax.
>
> This is true. But small-caps are meaningful in a variety of contexts,
> and they are not a truly new syntax (requiring extra code in the parser),
> but rather can be handled exactly as the other emphasis markers. (They
> would require support from the exporters of course.)
>
> There’s also no rush. Maybe we could revisit the question of adding
> small caps after the emphasis changes you indicated in the roadmap
> thread are decided on. Those might change the cost:benefit evaluation
> for adding this feature.
>
> (FWIW, I’d be in favor of the addition unless some major new consideration
> is introduced by the emphasis changes. A good proportion of the documents
> I write in Org use small caps somehow. It would be good to know for how
> many other users that is the case.)
I use them in almost all my archaeology writing where it is conventional
to make AD, BC, and BP small caps.
All the best,
Tom
--
Thomas S. Dye
http://www.tsdye.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-10-29 17:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-29 16:39 small caps Matt Price
2015-10-29 16:47 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-29 16:55 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-10-29 20:17 ` Matt Price
2015-10-29 20:42 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-10-30 13:10 ` Christian Moe
2015-10-31 16:16 ` Matt Price
2015-10-29 17:25 ` Aaron Ecay
2015-10-29 17:39 ` Thomas S. Dye [this message]
2015-10-29 17:46 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-29 17:44 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-29 20:37 ` Rasmus
2015-10-29 21:18 ` Robert Klein
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