Hello, Thorsten Jolitz <tjol...@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi List, > > in ox.el I find this function for getting the (optional) alternative title of > a headline: > > #+begin_src emacs-lisp > (defun org-export-get-alt-title (headline info) > "Return alternative title for HEADLINE, as a secondary string. > INFO is a plist used as a communication channel. If no optional > title is defined, fall-back to the regular title." > (or (org-element-property :alt-title headline) > (org-element-property :title headline))) > #+end_src > > I'm not so sure that it is a good idea to fallback to the regular title in > case :alt-title is nil, because when extracting both, title and alt-title, > from a headline, there is a almost always a duplication (the regular title > string is received two times, via the get-title and get-alt-title functions) > because :alt-title isn't really set very often. > > Wouldn't it make more sense to just return nil when :alt-title is nil? If the > application code needs a title string anyway, it can always fall-back to a > call to the get-title function. There is no "get-title" function. When building a TOC, you are required to get a title for the current entry. This function prevent checking both sources. Anyway, I think this is nitpicking, because you can always check if its return value equals (org-element-property :title headline). Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou
