On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote:

Hello,

Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> writes:

> Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I think the two exporters should use the same syntax! I especially think
>> that any future exporters should use a single, unified syntax, and that
>> the older exporters should eventualyl be changed to support that new
>> syntax. And finally, I think the new syntax should be as simple as
>> humanly possible. So I'd like to suggest that the community decide on
>> the best way forward.
>
> We can try to make a common syntax across our exporter, namely ox-desk,
> ox-beamer and ox-s5 to the extend that these support "speaker notes". A
> "pull request" can then be made to ox-reveal.el, which AFAIK is neither
> part of lisp or contrib/lisp.

Note that "common syntax" probably means less features (i.e., we are
limited to common features).

Yes, certainly -- there would doubtless still be a need for some backend-specific hacks, just not as many as we currently have.

As suggested, I think, it seems better to create a generic export
back-end from scratch, which would allow to select a target (e.g.,
beamer, reveal.js...), than altering current back-ends and enter
backward-compatibility's hell.

That does sound like a good idea. Can I ask, what syntactical structures seem best to you?

Regards,

--
Nicolas Goaziou