Re: [O] comment section with latex_header

[Andreas Leha]

Hi Nicolas,

Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> writes:
> Andreas Leha <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I see.  I did not consider any possible slow-downs.  I'd expect COMMENT
>> to behave exactly like # in every regard -- not only export.  That is a
>> clearly defined behaviour, that should not produce confusion.
>
> As explained, this is not realistic.
>

OK, then I'll update my mental model about COMMENTs.

>> If COMMENT is only valid for export, then I would actually recommend
>> to rename it to make that clear.
>
> The manual is, IMO,  pretty explicit:
>
>      Finally, a ‘COMMENT’ keyword at the beginning of an entry, but after
>   any other keyword or priority cookie, comments out the entire subtree.
>   In this case, the subtree is not exported and no code block within it is
>   executed either.  The command below helps changing the comment status of
>   a headline.
>
>> I completely agree.  My question was, what a use case would be that
>> requires a COMMENT that behaves different from #'ing the individual
>> lines (and is not covered by :noexport: already).
>
> I don't think there is any. This is basically what my first patch did
> (i.e., removing any COMMENT subtree at the very beginning of export
> process), but it nevertheless surprised some users.
>

Well, in that case my updated mental model should not change anything.

Thanks,
Andreas