Re: [proof of concept] inline language blocks

[Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>]

On 22/02/2024 06:02, Juan Manuel Macías wrote:
> Samuel Wales writes:
>> :fr{some text in French}
>>
>> being expressed as
>>
>> $[lang :fr "bonjour"]
> 
> To expand a little more... Another problem I see in your example is
> nesting. In my proposal, the blocks can be nested:
> 
> :fr{text in French and :it{text in Italian}}
> 
> But I would find this difficult to read:
> 
> $[lang :fr "text in French and $[lang :it "text in italian"]"]

Juan Manuel your ":fr{}" and similar objects is a domain-specific 
language that is quite different from a generic element proposed by 
Samuel. Do you think it makes sense to modify your inline special block 
patch to allow creation of concise DSL?

Juan Manuel Macías. [testing patch] inline-special-block with full 
implementation for LaTeX backend. Fri, 23 Feb 2024 23:50:52 +0000. 
https://list.orgmode.org/87ttlyloyr.fsf@posteo.net

I mean &fr{bonjour} defined using "#+options:" or some new keyword or a 
special block. A definition of "fr" may be (using a bit different names)

:latex_element "foreignlanguage" :latex_prefix "french"
:html_element "span" :html_attr (:lang "fr")

&fr{} is no heavier than :fr{}. The only drawback is necessity to define 
elements for each language used in the document. I do not think, even a 
dozen of declarations is a significant burden.