Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com> writes:
>> Please try to read and let me know if anything is confusing.
>
> To me, it does not seem necessary to include the various descriptions. Just
> the first three lines of the patch, perhaps with a prompt to consult
> the doc string of the variable which describes these options in
> detail, seems enough IMO.
I feel that we at least need to tell people briefly what is possible.
What about the attached, shorter, patch?
>From c45b8c6f82bdcbb687c1eb94410fe34d8cee33da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Message-Id: <c45b8c6f82bdcbb687c1eb94410fe34d8cee33da.1685460418.git.yanta...@posteo.net>
From: Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 15:21:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH v2] doc/org-manual.org: Document `org-latex-src-block-backend'
* doc/org-manual.org (Source blocks in LaTeX export): Explain possible
LaTeX export options for source blocks.
---
doc/org-manual.org | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index ab5c10c1d..a86db2848 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -14203,6 +14203,15 @@ *** Source blocks in LaTeX export
#+cindex: source blocks, in @LaTeX{} export
#+cindex: @samp{ATTR_LATEX}, keyword
+#+vindex: org-latex-src-block-backend
+LaTeX export backend provides multiple ways to render src blocks in
+LaTeX, according to the value of ~org-latex-src-block-backend~. The
+default value =verbatim= renders the src code verbatim, without any
+extra styling. Alternative values allow more colorful styling, but
+require additional LaTeX (=listings=, =minted=), system (=minted=), or
+Emacs (=engraved=) packages. See the ~org-latex-src-block-backend~
+docstring for more details.
+
The LaTeX export backend can make source code blocks into floating
objects through the attributes =:float= and =:options=. For =:float=:
--
2.40.0
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