Re: Using backticks for the inline code delimeter?

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm> writes:

> So if I were so inclined, I could write a parser for Markdown that produces 
> this
> internal format and get all the export targets that Org has? (Not that I'm so
> inclined... Just wondering. ;-) )

You can turn this internal format back to Org syntax with
`org-element-interpret-data' and you can do anything with it, including
exporting it.

>> Anyway, one of the goals of Org is to provide a universal document
>> format. It is not there yet, but allowing local modifications of the
>> syntax certainly goes against that goal.
>
> I tend to agree that allowing local modifications of Org's syntax is pretty 
> much
> pointless, but then why is `org-emphasis-alist` a user option?

In practice, the faces, i.e., the values, are meant to be customizable,
not the keys.

Regards,
-- 
Nicolas Goaziou