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From: John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: adding a new org-element?
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 07:34:49 -0400
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Eric S Fraga writes:

> On Monday, 21 Mar 2016 at 21:51, John Kitchin wrote:
>> Suppose one wanted to add a new org-element/syntax to org-mode. Where
>> would one start?
>
> I cannot help but I am curious:
>
>> I am interested in something like the following syntax:
>> $(arbitrary stuff inside the sexp)$
>
> Given the power of lisp, can't you almost already do this using
>
> [[elisp:(almost arbitrary stuff inside the sexp)]]

I could, and more or less have done it here:
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2015/02/05/Extending-the-org-mode-link-syntax-with-attributes/

the elisp link is a good idea, but I am looking into an idea for a
chemical markup language where you might have a $(molecule + data)$ and
reaction descriptions $(molecule -> new molecules)$ that become
machine-readable as well.

> ?  My curiousity is piqued, wondering what interesting capabilities you
> are thinking of adding to org!

I want to explore a deeper integration of text and data, something like
RDFa but in s-expressions, and with export. That isn't critical, I can
always do pre-processing to transform them, but I think it would be nice
in the long run if it hooked into the org-machinery directly.


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