Re: Using backticks for the inline code delimeter?

[Joost Kremers]

On Sun, Apr 04 2021, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm> writes:
>
>> On Sat, Apr 03 2021, Tom Gillespie wrote:
>>> Is there any reason why folks couldn't just customize
>>> org-emphasis-alist using a file local variable? 
>
> [...]
>
>> If all exporters worked off an internal representation such as what is
>> returned by `org-element-parse-buffer`, it should be easier to modify the
>> front-end syntax.
>
> I think they do.

So if I were so inclined, I could write a parser for Markdown that produces this
internal format and get all the export targets that Org has? (Not that I'm so
inclined... Just wondering. ;-) )

> Anyway, one of the goals of Org is to provide a universal document
> format. It is not there yet, but allowing local modifications of the
> syntax certainly goes against that goal.

I tend to agree that allowing local modifications of Org's syntax is pretty much
pointless, but then why is `org-emphasis-alist` a user option? I originally
thought its purpose was to customise Org's syntax, until I found that the
exporters didn't play ball. ;-)


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Joost Kremers
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