On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 9:36 AM Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > > "ox" stands for "org-export-". This is so to limit file name size. Some > systems are very limited (e.g. MS-DOS). > Is that file name size that important in today's time? I'd be surprised if anyone using Org is using MS-DOS. But regardless, the "ox-" prefix definitely looks better than "org-export-". > Variables and functions should really be "org-export-html..." but that > would be very long. The "org" prefix is mandatory for Org variables and > functions. "ox" would be misleading. > Does this have to do with org-export--generate-copy-script (as discussed here[1])? Is the prefix requirement for "org-" more widespread than that? [1]: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2016-05/msg00231.html -- Kaushal Modi