I was thinking the same thing as Aaron ;) What could one do with a "link-like" object with arbitrary attributes/properties... Hmm... maybe this idea: http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2015/02/05/Extending-the-org-mode-link-syntax-with-attributes/ without the kludgy parsing? It will be so confusing to future people why they have to have a cite: in them ;)
Aaron Ecay writes: > Hi Samuel, > > 2015ko otsailak 18an, Samuel Wales-ek idatzi zuen: >> >> i have a silly question: whatever syntax we choose, will it be able to >> be used, in the future, for new org features nobody has thought of >> yet, that are unrelated to citations? > > Do you mean how the syntax and implementation of links was used to > support a new org feature completely unrelated to web URLs, namely > citations? ;) > > [It’s entirely unclear from your message, at least to me, whether you > think these future features would be a good thing or a bad thing.] -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
