Re: smallcaps: Re: Experimental public branch for inline special blocks

[Juan Manuel Macías]

Max Nikulin writes:

> OK, just consider it as my dissenting opinion. I believe that it should
> be possible for the same Org document
>
>    #+options: inline-special-block-aliases:(("definition" :smallcaps t))
>
>    &definition{Example} or &_[:smallcaps t]{ad-hoc}
>
> to export it as
>
>    <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Example</span>
>    or <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">ad-hoc</span>
>
> or as
>
>    <span class="definition">Example</span>
>    or <span class="small-caps">ad-hoc</span>
>
> by adjusting of global settings. The former one be suitable for a CMS
> that does not allow user CSS and the latter one is preferable for a site
> under full user control and having CSS
>
>    .definition, .small-capps { font-variant: small-caps; }

With the current implementation this:

#+options: inline-special-block-aliases:(("definition" :smallcaps t))

&definition{Example}

produces:

<span style="font-variant:small-caps;" class="definition">Example</span>

:smallcaps simply adds a (say) direct formatting layer. I am not a fan
of any form of direct formatting. But, as I already said, I think that
these types of global attributes can be useful for users who do not want
to bother with predefining styles, classes or commands in
odt/html/LaTeX, or because they do not know how to do it. They simply
want a text to be exported with a certain color or with small caps, or
with more effects (in case more global attributes are implemented
(background color, text size, etc).

I think an option could be added to disable global attributes or specify
which backend they should be used on. Anyway, I would not see it
necessary, but perhaps other users think differently.

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Juan Manuel Macías -- Composición tipográfica, tratamiento de datos, diseño 
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