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Re: [O] Name-space prefixes in ox- packages


From: Kaushal Modi
Subject: Re: [O] Name-space prefixes in ox- packages
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2017 03:19:28 +0000

On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 9:36 AM Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> wrote:

"ox" stands for "org-export-". This is so to limit file name size. Some
systems are very limited (e.g. MS-DOS).

Is that file name size that important in today's time? I'd be surprised if anyone using Org is using MS-DOS. But regardless, the "ox-" prefix definitely looks better than "org-export-".
 
Variables and functions should really be "org-export-html..." but that
would be very long. The "org" prefix is mandatory for Org variables and
functions. "ox" would be misleading.

Does this have to do with org-export--generate-copy-script (as discussed here[1])? Is the prefix requirement for "org-" more widespread than that? 

[1]: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2016-05/msg00231.html 
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Kaushal Modi


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