Re: Export Org with Org concept -- Re: Problems with C-c C-e file.org,

[Max Nikulin]

On 03/01/2023 17:01, Eduardo Ochs wrote:
> Can you send to me - here to the mailing list - a version of
> `org-export-dispatch', and also of other functions if needed, in which
> the parts that call `read-char-exclusive' are replaced by something
> non-blocking?

Eduardo, I am sorry, but from my opinion it is too much. Perhaps you are 
just not realizing that resources of developers are rather limited. 
Getting rid of `read-char-exclusive' in Org menus requires significant 
amount of work. Nobody argues that it would be a great improvement, but 
it is necessary to make changes that are not obvious at first glance. It 
would lead to confusing behavior otherwise.

Jean might be happy with the posted mock-up. Unfortunately that code is 
too far from been ready to be used for all users. E.g. it does not use 
`org-export-registered-backends', not to mention that all menus in the 
package should be consistent. It is OK to have a bunch of repetitive 
code for a demo, but it can not be taken as is.

Ihor dedicates a lot of time for development and maintaining of Org. 
Other developers are significantly less active last months. Often 
authors of code are not participating in discussions because several 
years have been passed since that time and they are busy with other 
projects. So your questions may noticeable efforts from other persons 
unfamiliar with some code to "read" it for you. Org code is not ideal, 
but it is rarely too obscure. Nobody intentionally adds obstacles that 
hamper readability. Sometimes it is necessary to make decisions not 
realizing actual consequences just to move forward. If you need code 
friendly for beginners then find a friend who can rewrite the code in 
the style you like (of course, it should be maintainable as well).

At first I believed that on your own way you are just avoiding reading 
comments and docstring in ox.el that are helpful to discover actual 
functions in export backends that do the job. E.g. docstring of 
`org-export-define-backend' and its usage in other files is rather 
informative.

I am lost what is your actual needs after your request to rewrite the 
export dispatcher for you.

After all, if you can not figure out which function is called by the 
dispatcher, instrument for debugging some transcoder function and export 
some file. You will get call stack.

Be realistic, time and experience are limited resources, not all code 
deserves blog posts. Source code is a communication channel as well.