Re: [O] [RFC] Creole-style / Support for **emphasis**__within__**a word**

[Marcin Borkowski]

Dnia 2014-03-23, o godz. 12:32:46
Suvayu Ali <address@hidden> napisał(a):

> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 01:06:35AM +0100, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> > Dnia 2014-03-22, o godz. 16:30:31
> > Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> napisał(a):
> > 
> > > > Also, there is no "backward-compatibility squad", only users who
> > > > care about what they like.
> > > 
> > > That is what they want us to believe! :)
> > 
> > Ninja'd!
> > 
> > Re: topic: one idea that is maybe not very Org-ish, but seems
> > reasonable: Org already uses LaTeX syntax for sub/superscripts, and
> > accepts LaTeX snippets etc.  Why not allow \textbf{something}
> > parallel to *something*?  Would it break something?  When using the
> > LaTeX exporter, currently it seems (from very few simple
> > experiments), that \textbf{whatever} copies "whatever" verbatim to
> > the file (I tried LaTeX and HTML exporters).
> 
> Often LaTeX users tend to forget (including myself) one of Org's
> features is to be able to export to different backends without major
> modifications to the source file (.org file).
> 
> Your proposal breaks that.

No, it doesn't.  What I meant was to make Org *recognize* the
\textbf{...} etc. syntax and *convert* it to <strong> ... </strong> and
similar things (depending on the backend).  Sorry if I wasn't clear
enough.

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University