Re: [ANN] ASCII back-end for new export engine

[Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>]

Hello,

tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes:

> A quick question and a couple of comments on the LaTeX exporter.
>
> With the old exporter I set (setq org-export-latex-hyperref-format
> "\\ref{%s}") so a link to a headline would cross reference properly in
> LaTeX.  How do I achieve this with the new exporter?  I want my text to
> read, e.g., "In section 1 ..."  So far with the new exporter, I've only
> been able to get "In section First headline ..."

Indeed, it seems that I forgot to create that variable in the new
exporter. I don't mind adding it, but I'm not sure about where it should
apply.

At the moment, "\\hyperref[%s]{%s}" format string is applied to id,
custom-id, target, radio, fuzzy/target and fuzzy/headline links.
Changing all those links with just a single variable seems wrong to me.

Maybe it should replace the default value only for id, custom-id and
fuzzy/headline. And since it would only apply to headlines, it could be
renamed `org-e-latex-link-to-headline-format' or something alike.

What do you think about all of this?

> My initial impression is the new exporter is extremely fast.

Unfortunately, it's only an impression. It will be slower than the
current exporter in most cases.

Oh, by the way, it reminds me that I implemented something in the LaTeX
back-end that you had asked for a while ago. If you didn't notice it,
you can try a LaTeX export on the following test buffer:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#+latex_header: \usepackage{paralist}

* Head 1

  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do
  eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
  #+attr_latex: inparaenum i.
  - item 1
  - item 2
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do
  eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

There is support for the following keywords: inparaenum, asparaenum,
inparaitem, asparaitem, inparadesc, asparadesc, all accepting an
optional bullet argument.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou