Re: Tricking org-mode into using markdown conventions

[Diego Zamboni <diego@zzamboni.org>]

Hi Daryl,

If it's for display purposes only, you might be able to simply use
display substitutions for things to appear the way you want. For
example, I use the technique described here:
https://pank.eu/blog/pretty-babel-src-blocks.html to replace the
begin/end_src strings with symbols. I did a quick test, and it seems
that =prettify-symbols-alist= (which is what this code uses) can only
replace for a single character, so I was not able to make it display
the three backticks, but there might be other techniques that can be
used.

--Diego

On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 6:24 PM Daryl Manning <dwm+orgmode@wakatara.com> wrote:
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> While using C-c C-, is easy enough for insertion and such, I was wondering if there was any way of having org-mode honour markdown conventions for things like code fences and quotes.
>
> ``` elisp
> #+begin_src
> #+end_src
>
> #+begin_quote
> #+end_quote
> ```
>
> being a bit nicer to read with
>
> ``` go
> code block
> ```
> as well as
>
> > And gentlemen in England now-a-bed.
> > Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
> > And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks.
> > That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
>
> Just curious as to whether that's possible. YMMV before you start debating on whether you think this is a good idea or not... =]
>
> Of course, I'd want the code highlighting especially to work that way, though... =]  Less concerned with whether it works in export modes for the moment, more about display atm.
>
> thanks!
> Daryl.
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