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Subject: Re: adding a new org-element?
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John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

> Suppose one wanted to add a new org-element/syntax to org-mode. Where
> would one start?
>
> I am interested in something like the following syntax:
>
> $(arbitrary stuff inside the sexp)$
>
> with a mechanism to call an export function to transcode it. 
>
> Any pointers to getting started?

I guess you'd to amend org-element.el, which I guess is not really built
to add new element types...  The citation branch is an example of
modifications to add a single new element to the parser.

Hopefully Nicolas can give a deeper explanation.

Rasmus

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