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Re: [O] Name-space prefixes in ox- packages
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Nicolas Goaziou |
Subject: |
Re: [O] Name-space prefixes in ox- packages |
Date: |
Sat, 09 Sep 2017 15:36:49 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
Kaushal Modi <address@hidden> writes:
> I have observed that even though the exporter backend package names begin
> with ox-, all the variables and functions inside still start with org-.
>
> Is there a strong reason to do so?
"ox" stands for "org-export-". This is so to limit file name size. Some
systems are very limited (e.g. MS-DOS).
Variables and functions should really be "org-export-html..." but that
would be very long. The "org" prefix is mandatory for Org variables and
functions. "ox" would be misleading.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou