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From: Matt <matt@excalamus.com>
To: "Ihor Radchenko" <yantar92@posteo.net>
Cc: "emacs-orgmode" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Export Documentation Confusions
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2023 19:42:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <18908403fad.cfd2f3811001966.2175626053308101114@excalamus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pm5ewoqb.fsf@localhost>


 ---- On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:24:12 +0200  Ihor Radchenko  wrote --- 

 > > - Section 13.18: Export in Foreign Buffers
 > >
 > > The section uses the term "foreign buffer" without providing a definition. 
 > >
 > > Proposed solution: Change wording from "foreign buffers" to "Convert Region" and "non-Org" buffer. 
 > 
 > "Convert region" may be still confusing. Maybe something like
 > "Convert Org region to other markup syntax"?

How about renaming the section to "Export Region"?  I was getting ahead of myself.  The confusion was about "foreign buffers" and not the meaning of "export".

 > > - Section 13.18: Export in Foreign Buffers
 > >
 > > There was confusion caused by the function names.
 > 
 > We can also create more intuitive function aliases.

How about `org-export-region-to-...`?  This would correspond nicely with options given by `org-export-dispatch`.


  reply	other threads:[~2023-06-29 17:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-28 19:45 Export Documentation Confusions Matt
2023-06-29 10:24 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-06-29 17:42   ` Matt [this message]
2023-06-29 18:04     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-06-29 19:26       ` Matt
2023-06-29 19:30         ` Ihor Radchenko

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