From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Re: Comma-protection of Org blocks Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:51:40 -0400 Message-ID: <21481.1301259100@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> References: <19834758-735D-4ADE-AA66-8ACF44F2CE46@gmail.com> <87bp105nva.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <4D8BB89A.70908@gmail.com> <874o6rwjox.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <4D8CC930.9050201@gmail.com> <871v1v9f5m.fsf_-_@ucl.ac.uk> <80vcz6ykys.fsf_-_@somewhere.org> <87ipv6jmgz.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48423 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q3wwE-0003pE-O3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:51:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3wwD-0007tK-4F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:51:54 -0400 Received: from vms173019pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.19]:40941) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3wwC-0007t0-Vy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:51:53 -0400 Received: from alphaville.dokosmarshall.org ([unknown] [173.76.32.106]) by vms173019.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0LIQ00IWMHY4YPG0@vms173019.mailsrvcs.net> for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:51:41 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: Message from Achim Gratz of "Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:49:00 BST." <87ipv6jmgz.fsf@Rainer.invalid> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Achim Gratz Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Achim Gratz wrote: > The question really is if org hasn't evolved to the point where it needs > a more general quoting/escaping mechanism. This might be one of the > things to ponder during the upcoming exporter cleanup, but goes a bit > beyond just exporting. > Absolutely right - org has grown organically (if you'll pardon the pun): it has developed different quoting mechanisms for different aspects of it, and they don't always work correctly, even in their restricted domain (braces in the LaTeX exporter cause trouble often e.g.). It would be great if a more general quoting mechanism could be incorporated into the formal description of org. That could then be used to reimplement these mechanisms. But I suspect it would be a big job and backward compatibility would also be a big problem. Nick