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Re: [O] Problem with org-entities-user
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Carsten Dominik |
Subject: |
Re: [O] Problem with org-entities-user |
Date: |
Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:55:25 +0200 |
On 19 sep. 2012, at 15:15, Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> address@hidden (Thomas S. Dye) writes:
>
>> I'm not sure about support for \hfill{}, etc. The new latex and html
>> exporters pass \hfill{} through unchanged, which might be what the latex
>> author wants, or what the html author writing about latex commands
>> wants.
>
> It would not change anything for the HTML author, since \hfill{} would
> be exported as-is in any exporter. Though, it would be a less convenient
> for the LaTeX author, who would have to type @@latex:\hfill{}@@.
>
> On the other hand, I see at lest 3 reasons to remove support for such
> constructs:
>
> - consistency :: it's not possible to write raw HTML in an Org buffer,
> nor raw Texinfo. LaTeX shouldn't be treated
> differently.
>
> - clarity :: Recently, an user expected the \cite{} command to work in
> a backend different from LaTeX.
>
> - ecumenism :: Removing LaTeXisms will make Org documents easier to
> export to various back-ends.
These are all valid arguments. However, I did design
Org-mode to be LaTeX-near to make sure that it becomes
easy and fast to type as a notes environment. In my mind, a user
expecting \cite{...} to work in other backends is not necessarily
a wrong expectation, and if we introduce a syntax for doing citations
in HTML, why not using the LaTeX syntax for it?
So actually, it seems I do not fully agree with your *consistency*
argument. While you are right that it is the logical and clean thing
if you view Org as a markup language created for export, it is not
necessarily the right solution for a convenience point of view.
Just my 5c, of course...
- Carsten
- [O] Problem with org-entities-user, Thomas S. Dye, 2012/09/16
- Re: [O] Problem with org-entities-user, Nicolas Goaziou, 2012/09/17
- Re: [O] Problem with org-entities-user, Thomas S. Dye, 2012/09/17
- Re: [O] Problem with org-entities-user, Carsten Dominik, 2012/09/20
- Re: [O] Problem with org-entities-user, Nicolas Goaziou, 2012/09/20
- Re: [O] Problem with org-entities-user, Carsten Dominik, 2012/09/20
- Re: [O] Problem with org-entities-user, Nicolas Goaziou, 2012/09/22
- Re: [O] Problem with org-entities-user, Carsten Dominik, 2012/09/22
- Re: [O] Problem with org-entities-user, Thomas S. Dye, 2012/09/22
- Re: [O] Problem with org-entities-user, Nicolas Goaziou, 2012/09/23