Re: [ANN] ASCII back-end for new export engine

[tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye)]

Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> writes:

> tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes:
>
>> Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes:
>
>>>> A way to set individual headings as numbered or unnumbered would be
>>>> deluxe.  Perhaps this is possible, but I haven't found it?
>>>
>>> It would require to modify Org's syntax (how to tell which headline has
>>> to be numbered and which has not?). It is not possible at the moment.
>>
>> Could this be achieved without a syntax change by adding a new LaTeX
>> attribute, similar to inparaenum and friends?
>>
>> #+attr_latex: *
>> * An Unnumbered Heading
>
> No. Headlines, along with items, keywords and sections, can't have
> affiliated keywords. Though, they have properties. It may be done with:
>
>   :PROPERTIES:
>   :NUMBERING: nil
>   :END:
>
> But it's still new syntax. It could also be narrowed
> to :LATEX_NUMBERING: nil, but I think that this feature, if implemented,
> should be available for every major back-end, much like "num:1".

A properties drawer makes a lot of sense to me in this situation.  It
would be great if Org Mode had its own mechanisms to specify 1) the level to
which sections are numbered and 2) which headlines do not appear in the table
of contents.  The back-ends could respond to these in an appropriate way
or not at all.

All the best,
Tom

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