I am not sure this is quite what you are looking for. You could use a macro like this.
{{{r-stack(((src1 . fade-out) (src2 . fade-in) (src3 . fade-out)))}}} * code :noexport: #+macro: r-stack (eval (r-stack $1)) #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun r-stack (src-alist) "SRC-alist will be a string containing a list of (src . data-fragment) src is a url or filename data-fragment Returns a string for export." (let ((src (read src-alist))) (format "#+BEGIN_EXPORT html <div class=\"r-stack\"> %s </div> ,#+END_EXPORT" (string-join (cl-loop for (src . data-fragment) in src collect (format " <img data-fragment=\"%s\" src=\"%s\"/>" data-fragment src)) "\n")))) (r-stack "((src1 . fade-out) (src2 . fade-in) (src3 . fade-out))") #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: : #+BEGIN_EXPORT html : <div class="r-stack"> : <img data-fragment="fade-out" src="src1"/> : <img data-fragment="fade-in" src="src2"/> : <img data-fragment="fade-out" src="src3"/> : </div> : #+END_EXPORT You could also make a link do that. John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin (he/him/his) Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 9:42 AM Matt Price <mopto...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying ot figure out if I can create a simplified syntax for a > particular special block in a derived HTML exporter. > > I'm trying to produce HTML like this: > > <div class="r-stack> <img data-fragment="fade-out" src="...."/> <img > data-fragment="fade-in" src="..."/></div> > > The derived backend (org-re-reveal) already has an > > #+ATTR_REVEAL that an make the data-fragment attributes, so it's not hard to > produce > the desired outpu: > > #+begin_r-stack > #+ATTR_REVEAL: :frag appear[[imglink1]] > #+ATTR_REVEAL: :frag appear[[imglink2]]#+end_r-stack > > However, I'd really like to add a less verbose syntax, like this: > > #+begin_r-stack :frag (appear appear)[[imglink1]][[imglink2]]#+end_r-stack > > My question is: will the exporter preserve information from these header-like > arguments, and is > there a mechanism I can use in a custom ~special-block-function~ to make use > of htem? > > Thanks for your help as always! > > Matt > >