From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rainer M Krug Subject: Re: Should comments break paragraphs? Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 09:09:26 +0200 Message-ID: References: <51E443F6.2050104@arfer.net> <87mwpnfybn.fsf@gmail.com> <51E47BC1.7010808@gmail.com> <87ip0byoqg.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60656) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UyzOO-0001lq-5s for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 03:09:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UyzOM-0001qr-T1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 03:09:48 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:36018) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UyzOM-0001qj-M7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 03:09:46 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UyzOJ-0004v6-UX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 09:09:43 +0200 Received: from arn78-1-88-186-171-7.fbx.proxad.net ([88.186.171.7]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 09:09:43 +0200 Received: from Rainer by arn78-1-88-186-171-7.fbx.proxad.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 09:09:43 +0200 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nicolas Goaziou writes: > Hello, > > Christian Wittern writes: > >> Hmm. In my book, the concept of comments implies that they should be >> able to appear on any line in the text, without altering the meaning >> of the context it appears in. So to me, it would seem necessary to >> treat comments as special, different from other elements. > > I don't think comments make much sense anywhere in Org (e.g., in an > example block or in a source block). Also Org has no inline comment > syntax (and I don't think it needs one: it is no programming language). > So comments do not really fit in paragraphs. I see comments as "entities which do not have any impact on the final product".=20 If you regard the org file as the final product, then I completely agree (I use org mainly for literate programming, and I don't use any comments unless in linger code blocks, but that is not in org). But if I use org for writing e.g. presentations in beamer, I might wa= nt to add comments which should not be on the product (slides, article, handout, ...) but which contain info in the org file. So we are talking different levels here. Cheers, Rainer > > Last, but not least, it is also easier to parse it that way. > > Now, if you want to improve comments anyway, you can always provide > patches. There's some non-trivial work involved, though. > > > Regards, =2D-=20 Rainer M. Krug email: RMKruggmailcom --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (Darwin) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJR5PGmAAoJENvXNx4PUvmC6EEH/RhrYyrAxhpgiS5+e5lLb5k+ RevcvBxWBG6edwpfdaoYHcVJGzTCSayPMO8GOx9lPZAKgJ625EFbuI6Tk/9LdElX hAcBtdEqNgqoMkIvP/QveTfkPI6oJ4mpHizTUxhyqT2J0o+lkSf9hnAk+Wgyysvf xoNO/jWqcSjX2inCfJD3Y0bKbS0Qj2u+wHAX6YCje6jkKvHmID8zg8ZFInbfiTfU TEmZjxA1uS7OjMMlwBe3ZJqTbaBD0Ush3qJfXH+jVJWnPsH6zntwDLnvWvB3diYa iGzzNRT2dp/fc2MyfO/hsYCauoIU7QIN3ZfVpZYxO8V5CnX4LYdMtJmnlNQy3rk= =ZtbU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--