Re: Emacs as word processor / Text Properties

[Andreas Röhler]

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> Org emphasis markers are un-satisfactory
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> Org - like any other markup format - imposes itself on the user.  (i.e.,
> it caters to the lowest common denominator.)
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> Unfortuanately, there are people who want slightly more than the lowest
> common denominator.  There have been numerous threads in the past, where
> Org (and hence Emacs in general, so to speak) is KNOWN to be
> unsatisfactory and getting in the way of what the user wants to do.

Right. Another reason why the stuff needs to be abstracted from org-mode.