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Re: [O] Syntax inconsistency?


From: Marcin Borkowski
Subject: Re: [O] Syntax inconsistency?
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:17:55 +0100

On 2014-11-03, at 09:28, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Marcin Borkowski <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> just wondering: on one hand, we have lines like
>>
>> #+OPTIONS: toc:nil
>
> This is a keyword.
>
>> On the other hand, we have
>>
>> #+ATTR_ASCII: :width 10
>
> This is an attribute.
>
>> Why is the syntax (seemingly, at least) inconsistent?  Why not
>> `width:10' or `:toc nil'?
>
> These are two different things, so there is no real reason to make them
> look like each other. Also, and more importantly, moving OPTIONS to the
> other syntax is, IMO, unreadable:
>
>   #+OPTIONS: :| t :^ nil :* t :\n t
>
> Note there is also another syntax type, e.g.,:
>
>  #+TOC: headlines 2

Thanks for your clarifications!  Things seem still a bit hazy for me,
but I guess I'll have to live with it:-).

> Regards,

Best,

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



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