Re: Org-syntax: Intra-word markup

[Denis Maier <denismaier@mailbox.org>]

Hi Timothy,

Am 02.12.2021 um 12:58 schrieb Timothy:
> Hi Denis,
>
>> Currently, org syntax doesn’t officially seem to support intra-word emphasis. Am
>> I missing something?
> I’d describe it as supported via-zero width spaces.
>
> You may be interested in <https://blog.tecosaur.com/tmio/2021-05-31-async.html#easy-zero-width>.
Thank's that's helpful.
>
>> If the assessment is correct: Is there a reason for this? And, shouldn’t that
>> be officially added?
> Do you happen to have any ideas on how this could be achieved? I’d rather not
> resort to having to do things like `\ast{}' and `\tilde{}' too much.

Well, not really. I just don't understand why /intra/word shouldn't mean 
\emph{intra}word. Pandoc's markdown supports *intra*word, asciidoc 
supports it via unconstrained formatting pairs: 
https://docs.asciidoctor.org/asciidoc/latest/text/#unconstrained; so 
__intra__word.
And, as org syntax is said to be the superior markup language, I thought 
that must be possible ;-)

I understand zero width spaces are the official workaround, but I don't 
really like having invisible characters in my documents. Automatically 
removing all of them on export might also introduce problems. Perhaps 
some have been added on purpose, and not just to help org?

As for suggestions: If just using /intra/word creates ambiguities, what 
about the asciidoc solution? So //intra//word?
In fact, I'd even use raw latex for this things. It's true, they are 
rare enough. So I wouldn't mind an occassional `\emph{}`.

Best,
Denis