Re: [PATCH] org-export: Remove zero-width space escapes during export

[Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>]

On 26/07/2022 19:59, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> 
> I am attaching a tentative patch that will make Org export remove
> zero-width spaces when those spaces actually separate the object
> boundaries.

Ihor, I have realized that you did not address another use case: zero 
width spaces may be added to suppress activation of markup. In such 
cases they are in the middle of text objects, but they should be removed.

     Switch to the *​scratch​* buffer.

I consider zero width spaces as a workaround that is acceptable in some 
cases but awkward in others. It is tricky to deal with it in some 
general way.

I do not agree with the stance "just maintain status quo" expressed in 
response to Juan Manuel Macías. On zero width spaces and Org syntax. 
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:48:16 +0000 
https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87ilw5yhv3.fsf@posteo.net/

An idea. At certain moment I was surprised that markup markers are not 
activated at the borders of export snippets:

     intra@@org:@@*w*@@org:@@ord

It is not really lightweight markup but at least it is purely ASCII and 
visible by default. It might be breaking change in some edge cases. I am 
unsure concerning increasing complexity of the parser. Macro markers 
{{{macro}}} have similar behavior.