From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: Question on nested-blocks syntax Date: Sun, 08 May 2016 15:52:03 +0200 Message-ID: <87eg9cac8s.fsf@saiph.selenimh> References: <87bn4j8rvz.fsf@espresso.zeitkraut.de> <87inyrijq0.fsf@saiph.selenimh> <8737pv8osk.fsf@espresso.zeitkraut.de> <874mabiee0.fsf@saiph.selenimh> <87d1ox210x.fsf@gmx.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55215) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1azP86-0006Zy-5h for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 May 2016 09:52:19 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1azP81-0003HM-1V for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 May 2016 09:52:17 -0400 Received: from relay6-d.mail.gandi.net ([2001:4b98:c:538::198]:38626) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1azP80-0003HA-Po for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 May 2016 09:52:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87d1ox210x.fsf@gmx.us> (rasmus@gmx.us's message of "Sat, 07 May 2016 20:09:18 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Rasmus Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Rasmus writes: > Nicolas Goaziou writes: > >> I sympathize with aesthetics concerns, Org syntax, particularly blocks, >> is "massive", but I think this is not a sufficient motivation here. > > I wonder what you mean by "massive" here? Do you mean the fact that there > is an explicit beginning and end? I mean that, visually, it can be a bit invasive, at times. > Aside: I think a big getting rid of the FORTRAN-70 "touch" (capitalized > keywords and delimiters) would make Org must more ascetically pleasing. > (We=E2=80=99d just need to change default usage of templates and block > capitalization). I guess we could do that.=20 However, I think it is already easy to write every keyword as lower case. Moreover, there is no lower case for "#". Regards,