Hi,
On Sat, 30 May 2026 at 16:00, Max Nikulin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 30/05/2026 1:21 pm, Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez wrote:
> >
> > 1) not all users may have enough ELisp knowledge to add a hack to their
> > configuration, specifically when it comes to modifying an alist.
>
> Have you tried the following?
>
> M-x customize-variable RET org-latex-text-markup-alist RET
>
> As Ihor writes it can be improved, but even in the current form it is
> usable.
>
Sort of... you are right. So maybe the effort should go this way.
> I do not like alists as user options in general and for this variable in
> particular, but adding more options is confusing. It adds cognitive load
> related to priorities.
>
Hmm... never thought of that...
> 2) not all documents you produce may need the hack, so adding config
> > options may be appealing to people who, like me, need them only
> > sometimes and don't want to be retouching their Emacs configuration
> > depending on the doc.
>
> I believed, you like .dir-locals.el files more than me.
And # Local variables: ;-)
It would be my choice in this instance, since not all documents need it...
Anyway you added
> another `defcustom' that is not per-document setting, so it behaves in
> the same way as `org-latex-text-markup-alist'.
>
Would have been the next step... just getting a feeling of whether that is
needed or not.
> > 3) export filters... I have also tried a post-export filter, but since
> > ~~ and == both produce \texttt{}, it was difficult to control. Will
> > continue exploring that.
>
> I had in mind either "parse-tree" or "verbatim".
Hmmm... that's for the food for thought... thanks.
As another option, you may try to redefine \verb LaTeX macro to add quotes.
>
Don't we want to hide all this from users...
> Re \verb@@ in captions, you are absolutely right. LaTeX will complain,
> > but this can be fixed by educating users, i.e. by adding a CAVEAT in the
> > manual in the lines of
>
> I believe, Org should use non-fragile LaTeX markup in captions and
> headings (... and footnotes?) out of the box. A warning to the manual
> still might be added.
>
> > BTW, instead of posting filtering code to the mailing list, this may be
> > something for worg... WDYT?
>
> If you are sure that a worg page will have higher rank in search engines
> and higher chance (and weight) to be included in AI training set than
> worg is better.
>
<joking class="ending in a lighter tone">
AI ... or IA in Spanish... and that's what donkeys do over here ;-)
</joking>
Thx, /PA
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