Re: Changing [X] by something else

[suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>]

Hi François,

2012/2/8 François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>:
> suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi François,
>
> Hi, Suvayu (or Ali?)
>

Which ever comes natural to you, I don't mind either. :)

>> Although I am just a user I feel this falls into the same category as
>> the request from last year to make the stars in a headline
>> configurable. This is an integral part of org syntax.
>
> Well, Org mode is built over Outline mode, stars are coming from there.
> While [?] are pure Org mode additions, so Org "owns" it better...
>

True, in the discussion about stars I believe the suggestion was to use
a regex for the headline marker in outline-mode. But the majority
opinion was it would be too fragile. Your argument that org owns this
better is probably correct, but I am no expert. Nicolas is the list
expert, he will be able to say how easy/feasible/difficult it would be
to make this customisable.

>> making org syntax customisable defeats interoperability and breaks
>> external tools written to parse org files.
>
> Exactly my objection to my own suggestion.
>

:)

>> That said, I believe you can customise how these check boxes are
>> exported to various backends. AFAIR, there is a nice thread discussing
>> the case for latex export from the end of last year.
>
> Oh, I was not at all thinking about export.  Just my own pleasure while
> editing Org mode files within Emacs. :-)  Not a big deal, of course.
>

Ah! Lets wait for the experts to comment.

> François

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Suvayu

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