From: Bruno BEAUFILS <bruno@boulgour.com>
To: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>
Cc: Bruno BEAUFILS <bruno@boulgour.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: looking for a macro eval workaround (9.1 vs 9.2 and +) for export backend test
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:49:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201122204915.gpwtqjyrellc2k4m@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pn46hmr4.fsf@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 12:18:07AM +1100, Tim Cross wrote:
> Hmm, I just use backend specific blocks for this purpose. e.g.
>
> #+begin_export latex
> \hfil{}
> #+end_export
Yes but it is what I try to avoid in order to let the file as simple
and readable as possible.
> IMO the org #+MACRO is really just a text substitution mechanism (like
> C), not a 'real' macro (like elisp has) and as is the case with C, you
> really need to keep them pretty simple. Once you start using them to
> evaluate code, it isn't hard to find yourself in a mine field.
I agree but as the possibility was offered I used it ;-)
The only trouble is that this eval feature changed in a hard way
between 9.1 and 9.2.
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Bruno BEAUFILS
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-22 20:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-21 10:56 looking for a macro eval workaround (9.1 vs 9.2 and +) for export backend test Bruno BEAUFILS
2020-11-21 13:18 ` Tim Cross
2020-11-22 20:49 ` Bruno BEAUFILS [this message]
2020-11-23 10:19 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-11-23 13:02 ` Bruno BEAUFILS
2020-11-23 13:12 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-11-29 17:30 ` Bruno BEAUFILS
2020-11-29 17:45 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-11-29 20:55 ` Tom Gillespie
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