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Re: [O] LaTeX style command re-use but for within org-mode documents?
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Thomas S. Dye |
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Re: [O] LaTeX style command re-use but for within org-mode documents? |
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Sun, 11 May 2014 09:51:18 -1000 |
Aloha Grant,
Perhaps a macro? Macro expansion takes place during export.
All the best,
Tom
Grant Rettke <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi,
>
> Today we are working on an org-document that contains a quote that
> will re-appear multiple times within
> the same document. Coming from LaTeX, my initial reaction is to create
> a new command with \newcommand.
> Trying to find something like that within org-mode set me down two paths.
>
> The first was to consider utilize literate programming. This would be
> a fine approach if I were publishing the tangled document, but I am
> not. Additionally, it is not code, just human readable text (a quote).
>
> The second thought was to learn about export filters. Stuff like using
> \rarr works just fine no matter where you export, so I wondered if I
> should follow a similar approach. I didn't pursue this further though,
> I wanted to get some feedback first.
>
> What is the standard approach for doing stuff like this?
>
> Regards,
>
> Grant Rettke | AAAS, ACM, ASA, FSF, IEEE, SIAM, Sigma Xi
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>
>
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