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From: Denis Maier <denismaier@mailbox.org>
To: Timothy <tecosaur@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Abbreviations support
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2022 13:20:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e7d942a1-57f3-2ea4-469d-3a6f7616c71e@mailbox.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87leuc68l2.fsf@gmail.com>

Hi Timothy,
thanks for looking into this. A package "org-abbreviations" or so would 
be truly awesome. Have you had a chance to look into a MVP? Let me know 
if I can help somehow.
Best,
Denis

Am 04.06.2022 um 12:09 schrieb Timothy:
> Hi Denis,
>
>> Is there support for abbreviations in org-mode? Something like what the acro
>> package provides for latex, i.e., assemble a list of all used abbreviations, use
>> a full form when an abbreviation is used for the first time, the abbreviated
>> form afterwards. If that does not exist: What would be a good way to approach
>> that?
> Not directly, but I think you could do something like this as a halfway-house:
>
> ┌────
> │ Blah blah text ABBR
> │
> │ * Abbreviations
> │
> │ - <<<ABBR>>> :: Some abbreviation
> │ ...
> └────
>
> I’d think there’s scope for a package say “org-abbreviations” which provides
> acro-like support. Perhaps even support for a central abbreviations file. Hmm, I
> may think of trying a small MVP for that this weekend.
>
> All the best,
> Timothy



  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-06-06 11:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-03 19:45 Abbreviations support Denis Maier
2022-06-04 10:09 ` Timothy
2022-06-04 16:11   ` John Kitchin
2022-06-06 11:18     ` Denis Maier
2022-06-06 11:20   ` Denis Maier [this message]
2022-06-06 11:20     ` Timothy

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