Re: Org mode and Emacs

[Po Lu]

Bastien Guerry <bzg@gnu.org> writes:

> Yes, that's the idea behind using one-char constructs for basic inline
> markup (eg ~code~, /emphasis/, etc.) and two-chars constructs for more
> specific inline markup (eg ~~defn~~, =~defvar~=, etc.).

I forsee a problem with this approach: users will be compelled to study
and memorize dozens of two character combinations that closely resemble
one another.  Contrast this to Texinfo, where:

  The key sequence @kbd{C-x C-f}
  The string @samp{"sample text"}
  The function @code{defun}
  The formula @var{X}
  An @dfn{example}

leaves no latitude for visual ambiguity, whereas it will not take much
for one to mistake =~ for -~ or ~~.