From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) Subject: Re: [ANN] ASCII back-end for new export engine Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:32:41 -1000 Message-ID: References: <87pqec4xua.fsf@gmail.com> <87obtvk6j0.fsf@gmail.com> <87obtrel2z.fsf@gmail.com> <8739b2sctn.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:54003) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqTJv-000688-H5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:41:13 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqTBo-00068e-Ar for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:32:53 -0500 Received: from oproxy6-pub.bluehost.com ([67.222.54.6]:44095) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqTBo-00068K-2l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:32:48 -0500 In-Reply-To: <8739b2sctn.fsf@gmail.com> (Nicolas Goaziou's message of "Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:28:20 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Nicolas Goaziou Cc: Org Mode List , Jambunathan K Nicolas Goaziou writes: > Hello, > > tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes: > >> You mentioned unnumbered headlines. I wonder, would it be possible (or >> useful) to have the num: option take an integer (like toc:)? As I >> understand it now, its value is either nil or not nil. It doesn't >> manipulate \secnumdepth, but instead uses \section*, etc. In LaTeX, >> section* means not only that the section isn't numbered, but also that >> it doesn't go into the table of contents. There are many times when it >> is useful to put unnumbered sections in the table of contents. >> >> I've been doing #+LaTeX_HEADER: \setcounter{secnumdepth}{1}, and this >> works fine. However, it would be nicer to do num: 1. > > I have no objection to implement limited numbering in both LaTeX and > ASCII back-ends, but I'd like to know if it can be handled consistently > in every other major back-end, too. I'm CC-ing Jambunathan to know his > opinion about it. > >> 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 All the best, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com