Hi François, 2012/2/8 François Pinard <pin...@iro.umontreal.ca>: > suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hi François, > > Hi, Suvayu (or Ali?) >
Which ever comes natural to you, I don't mind either. :) >> Although I am just a user I feel this falls into the same category as >> the request from last year to make the stars in a headline >> configurable. This is an integral part of org syntax. > > Well, Org mode is built over Outline mode, stars are coming from there. > While [?] are pure Org mode additions, so Org "owns" it better... > True, in the discussion about stars I believe the suggestion was to use a regex for the headline marker in outline-mode. But the majority opinion was it would be too fragile. Your argument that org owns this better is probably correct, but I am no expert. Nicolas is the list expert, he will be able to say how easy/feasible/difficult it would be to make this customisable. >> making org syntax customisable defeats interoperability and breaks >> external tools written to parse org files. > > Exactly my objection to my own suggestion. > :) >> That said, I believe you can customise how these check boxes are >> exported to various backends. AFAIR, there is a nice thread discussing >> the case for latex export from the end of last year. > > Oh, I was not at all thinking about export. Just my own pleasure while > editing Org mode files within Emacs. :-) Not a big deal, of course. > Ah! Lets wait for the experts to comment. > François -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.
