Hi John, John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> hmmm... the sometimes makes me nervous. I found even for links, this > only works sometimes. That doesn't seem reliable to me. With headlines the case where it does not work is for verb-only headings. I guess that could occur more frequently with links, though I have never done anything serious with links. q > I think extending existing backends > (e.g. http://orgmode.org/manual/Advanced-configuration.html) is probably > more reliable for getting element properties, and approximately the same > amount of work. In practice derived classes could be a lot of work. There is also two hooks that run before processing, but you'd need to be able to solve the issue with org syntax. In practice this is not a limitation as you can use snippets for whatever backend. > I guess it just depends on how significantly you are modifying the > export, and what information you need to modify it. Filters are great > for simple wrapping and regexp based modifications. A derived backend is > better if you need reliable element properties, and a different format > than the default export. Yeah. –Rasmus -- I almost cut my hair, it happened just the other day
