From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ulf Stegemann Subject: Re: [IDEA] HTML-export literal examples to textarea Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:25:05 +0100 Message-ID: References: <0F3A5DC4-D191-472D-BCA6-7978CEB308F9@uva.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LOoVh-00061I-6C for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:25:25 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LOoVe-00060p-1U for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:25:24 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33064 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LOoVd-00060m-Ru for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:25:21 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:41606 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LOoVd-0006ZP-HM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:25:21 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LOoVX-0002dy-2V for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:25:15 +0000 Received: from london.zeitform.net ([146.140.213.100]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:25:15 +0000 Received: from ulf-news by london.zeitform.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:25:15 +0000 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Carsten, Carsten Dominik wrote: > On Jan 16, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Ulf Stegemann wrote: > >> Is it worth thinking about an example block that will be exported to a >> "

" structure in HTML export? >> >> I was recently playing around with org for online documentation. The >> documents contained lots of literal examples that can be directly copied >> and pasted e.g. into a terminal emu. While example- and src blocks work >> fine, I think that putting this kind of information into a textarea >> would be even better. > > Hi Ulf, so far I fail to see what the big advantage would be. Can > you try again to explain? of course. Generally, selecting text is a bit easier inside an input box but the very real advantage is that you can edit inside inputs. This allows to give literal examples with "variables" that can be changed directly inside the page before being copied and pasted. Ulf