From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: Bug or not a bug? dot expansion in ob-shell Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 14:13:37 +0100 Message-ID: <87y2st4fb2.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87eeur3p1p.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87a75eap8k.fsf@gnu.org> <87y2sy3kkl.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87r1yq4xiz.fsf@gnu.org> <875zg2kcy0.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87h7zmiw0v.fsf@gmail.com> <871rqqag19.fsf@bzg.fr> <87wo8iitzz.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87ftf63d79.fsf@gnu.org> <87pnear7tl.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87v9o236v1.fsf@gnu.org> <8736b66z6t.fsf@gnu.org> <877e0h571l.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> <878skwbc3g.fsf@bzg.fr> <8736b36492.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> <87imjyoi99.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40552) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1j5r4m-0001Xw-Ug for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Feb 2020 08:13:41 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Nobis's message of "Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:50:17 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Stefan Nobis Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Stefan, Stefan Nobis writes: > The downside would be that many existing Org documents needs to be > fixed (but maybe it would be not too hard to automate the adjustments) > and some source blocks may become a little more verbose. Yes, backward-compatibilities issues, verbosity, and a non-functional default are problematic. I think we will have a better view on what is a sensible default after we try to document the current behavior for the main languages. Also, such a documentation page will be useful even after we change the defaults, if we do this. -- Bastien