Re: [O] Italicise block of text

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Eric S Fraga <address@hidden> writes:

> Samuel Wales <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Dunno if this makes sense, but now that we have @@html: ... @@ etc., I
>> wonder if it is worth considering @@italic: ... @@, or @@emphasis /:
>> ... @@, or @@emphasis italic: ... @@.
>> Or $[emphasis :beg "/"] ... $[emphasis :end] as previously discussed.
>
> No.  Please no!  We'll end up with XML before long :-(
>
> Semantically, the use of @@ is for actions that are export target
> specific whereas italic etc. are text markup and inherently export
> target neutral (generally).  Very different beasts...
>
> One major attraction of org, for me, is the minimal clutter introduced
> by the language so that it doesn't get in the way of the writing.

I don't think we need another syntax for emphasis. Moreover, the three
lines limitation can be removed at some point, i.e., once we have
a powerful enough fontification system.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou