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Re: [O] Italicise block of text
From: |
Nicolas Goaziou |
Subject: |
Re: [O] Italicise block of text |
Date: |
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:02:51 +0100 |
Hello,
Eric S Fraga <address@hidden> writes:
> Samuel Wales <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Dunno if this makes sense, but now that we have @@html: ... @@ etc., I
>> wonder if it is worth considering @@italic: ... @@, or @@emphasis /:
>> ... @@, or @@emphasis italic: ... @@.
>> Or $[emphasis :beg "/"] ... $[emphasis :end] as previously discussed.
>
> No. Please no! We'll end up with XML before long :-(
>
> Semantically, the use of @@ is for actions that are export target
> specific whereas italic etc. are text markup and inherently export
> target neutral (generally). Very different beasts...
>
> One major attraction of org, for me, is the minimal clutter introduced
> by the language so that it doesn't get in the way of the writing.
I don't think we need another syntax for emphasis. Moreover, the three
lines limitation can be removed at some point, i.e., once we have
a powerful enough fontification system.
Regards,
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Nicolas Goaziou