Re: Org-syntax: Intra-word markup

[Max Nikulin]

> Ihor Radchenko writes:
> > Keeping in mind the above analogy, note that export blocks do not have
> > fallbacks, while special blocks do (for example, see
> > https://github.com/alhassy/org-special-block-extras/)

Ihor, I am sorry, but I missed your point. That project provides some 
set of defined link+block pairs and some macros to define new 
links/pairs. I do not see relation to export snippets or blocks that are 
used when their content is not intended to be reusable.

> > Maybe we should introduce an equivalent of special blocks, but for
> > inline use? Or should we modify _both_ inline export snippets and export
> > blocks to allow fallback mechanism?

I suppose, it should be consistent to consider adjacent export blocks as 
alternatives and to allow "fallback" or "default" block. Again, similar 
to @@:...@@ snippets, block content should be parsed as Org markup.

On 29/01/2022 20:05, Juan Manuel Macías wrote:
> I find the idea of inline special blocks very interesting, but I think
> there are a couple of drawbacks: since special blocks support ATTR_X,
> how would that be implemented in the inline version? The most obvious
> thing I can think of is to mimic inline code blocks:
>
> my_special_block[attributes list]{content}

ATTR_X attributes are supported for links as well, see
info "(org) Links in HTML export"
https://orgmode.org/manual/Links-in-HTML-export.html
However it is rather verbose, may have problems with LaTeX, and I am 
unsure if they can be accessed from export link handlers

Actually I do not like src_something[...]{...} syntax since there is no 
clear mark (such as "\") at the beginning that it is a special construct.

> In any case, for things like that, aren't links and macros enough?

Ad hoc code for particular backends (and discussed fallback for other 
backends) is a bit different thing. It may be used in macros, but macros 
can not replace it. Moreover @@:...@@ construct proposed by Tom would 
allow e.g.
   [[https://orgmode.org][@@:*inter*@@@@:/word/@@]]
to be half-word bold and half-word italics without invisible zero width 
spaces and filters to remove them.