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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: "Juan Manuel Macías" <maciaschain@posteo.net>
Cc: orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [proof of concept] inline language blocks
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 08:42:12 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8734tmmcnv.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87msrudgcn.fsf@posteo.net>

Juan Manuel Macías <maciaschain@posteo.net> writes:

> I'm dedicating a local branch to developing this proof of concept and
> testing it in my workflow, so far with good results. The basic idea is
> to provide Org with multilingual features and various methods for
> selecting languages.
>
> The inline-language-block is intended for small segments of text in a
> language other than the main language. They can span several lines but
> not more than a paragraph. They can be used for in-line textual quotes,
> glosses, etc. They are constructions equivalent to, for example, LaTeX
> \foreignlanguage{french}{text} or HTML <span lang=fr>text</span>.
>
> I have thought of a syntax that is as least intrusive as possible, so as
> not to make reading uncomfortable. I have tried the following:
>
> :fr{some text in French} :it{some text in Italian} :la{some text in Latin}
>
> You can also use a literal term instead of a language code:
>
> :klingon!{some text in Klingon}
>
> The blocks can be nested:
>
> :klingon!{Some text in Klingon with :it{some text in Italian}}
>
> And they may include other elements:
>
> :el{Some text in Greek with a {{{macro}}} and a [[link]]}

This is a good idea, although it would be better to make this new markup
element within the framework of more general inline special block we
discussed in the past: https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87a6b8pbhg.fsf@posteo.net/

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
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  reply	other threads:[~2024-02-21 19:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-20 20:35 [proof of concept] inline language blocks Juan Manuel Macías
2024-02-21  8:42 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2024-02-21 10:57   ` Juan Manuel Macías
2024-02-21 12:00     ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-02-21 12:53       ` Juan Manuel Macías
2024-02-21 13:10         ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-02-21 14:13           ` Juan Manuel Macías
2024-02-21 20:32             ` [proof of concept] inline-special-block (was: [proof of concept] inline language blocks) Juan Manuel Macías
2024-02-21 23:29               ` [proof of concept] inline-special-block Juan Manuel Macías
2024-02-22 22:03               ` Juan Manuel Macías
2024-02-21 22:11             ` [proof of concept] inline language blocks Samuel Wales
2024-02-21 22:28               ` Juan Manuel Macías
2024-02-21 22:55                 ` Samuel Wales
2024-02-21 23:02                 ` Juan Manuel Macías
2024-02-28 10:29                   ` Max Nikulin
2024-02-28 13:15                     ` Juan Manuel Macías
2024-02-28 17:21                       ` Max Nikulin
2024-02-28 23:42                         ` Juan Manuel Macías
2024-02-29  7:05                           ` Max Nikulin
2024-02-29 10:41                             ` Juan Manuel Macías
2024-02-29 12:05                               ` Max Nikulin
2024-02-29 12:50                                 ` Juan Manuel Macías
2024-02-21 23:33         ` Suhail Singh
2024-03-31 14:56 ` Daniel Clemente
2024-03-31 15:20   ` Ihor Radchenko

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