On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 11:36 AM Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
wrote:

> Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Thanks for the tip. What I'm thinking more is somehow getting the heading
> > pre-output generation, stripping any characters that `org` would consider
> > special (I'm hoping there's already a function that can at least mark
> > 'markup' text in a given org string), and _then_ passing it to whatever
> ox
> > function is responsible for using the title. That way it's as generic as
> it
> > can possibly be.
>
> What format has "heading pre-output generation"? Is a string or is it
> parsed data? The first part of your paragraph sounds like you want to
> rewrite an Org parser.
>
> How do you pass it to ox function responsible for using the title? I.e.,
> who/what is responsible for making the change to the title? Is it the
> user?
>
> You may need to clarify your specifications.
>
> > I confess though that I don't follow exactly what you're talking about
> > defining a temporary export back-end.
>
> In `org-html--build-meta-info' from "ox-html.el", replace the following
>
>   (org-html-plain-text
>    (org-element-interpret-data (plist-get info :title)) info)
>
> with
>
>   (org-export-data-with-backend (plist-get info :title)
>                                 (org-export-create-backend
>                                  :transcoders
>                                  '((bold . (lambda (_ c _) c))
>                                    (italic . (lambda (_ c _) c))))
>                                 info)
>
> Now re-evaluate the function `org-html--build-meta-info' and try
> exporting a document to HTML with a title containing bold and italic
> syntax, even nested, e.g.
>
>   #+title: /Some *bold* text/
>
> > Why would that be necessary or beneficial to the end of teaching org
> > how to use only the 'plain text' of a heading for the title in N ox
> > backends?
>
> Adding the function `org-export-strip-syntax below to "ox.el"
>
>   (defun org-export-strip-syntax (data info)
>     (org-export-data-with-backend data
>                                   (org-export-create-backend
>                                    :transcoders
>                                    '((bold . (lambda (_ c _) c))
>                                      (italic . (lambda (_ c _) c))))
>                                   info))
>
> you can now call it from any export back-end whenever its needs to
> remove syntax from a piece of code.
>
> You can also drop the info argument and add it to "org-element.el". But
> it depends on what you want to obtain. Also, some syntax is not obvious
> to strip, as I suggested in my previous message.
>

Awesome! This is a ton of great info. If I decide to bite this off I'll be
sure to reference this. :)