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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Daniel Radetsky <dradetsky@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: [POLL] Mark all the tags in HTML export with unique class (was: Adding a class to the auto-inserted <br> elements)
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 17:13:54 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zfogpx65.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABLa6CR2kbN0E2KD97dpr45fyTktLvV6GdWMWQL+bWxi4V9j+A@mail.gmail.com>


We are discussing the way Org formats HTML tags in HTML export.
Some of the tags added by Org are simply bare tags, like <br /> below.

<li><a id=".."></a>Low-level heading<br />

The suggestion is to add a unique class to each tag produced by Org HTML
export, so that CSS rules can precisely target various tags.

For example, Org can produce <br> tag in multiple contexts:

1. when exporting explicit line break \\
2. when exporting a heading as list item, to avoid merging the heading
   and its text
3. to separate title/subtitle
4. to separate inlinetask headline from its contents
etc...

We may export each <br> (or any other tag) as <br class="tag context">

Pros: Easier to write CSS selectors and possibly to post-process the
      generated HTML

Cons: HTML will become less readable

WDYT?

Daniel Radetsky <dradetsky@gmail.com> writes:

>> The fact that some specific suggestion...
>
> This is an example of "motivation"; a specific concrete use-case that
> actually came for the user to demonstrate that the issue is not merely
> theoretical.
> ... <multiple other arguments>

Ok. I see your motivation.
However, it does not make any sense to change _only_ one single specific
case where we insert <br> tag.
If we follow your argument, we should do it for every single tag that
ox-html inserts.

I am personally neutral to having such a change.
However, we discussed a somewhat similar proposal in the past wrt LaTeX
export and some users were concerned about reduced readability of the
produced .tex documents. See
https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87a65vitbz.fsf_-_@posteo.net/
So, I'd like to hear from other Org users first, because deciding
whether we want to add the feature you are asking for.

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>


  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-09-09 17:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-08-25 23:23 Adding a class to the auto-inserted <br> elements Daniel Radetsky
2024-09-01 16:31 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-09-01 22:23   ` Daniel Radetsky
2024-09-02  2:20     ` Suhail Singh
2024-09-09 17:13     ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2024-09-09 17:16     ` Ihor Radchenko

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