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From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Syntax for macros
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Sebastien Vauban writes:
> When trying to convince colleagues and friends to use macros, I get
> kind of allergic reactions because of the many accolades.
>
> Example:
>
>   #+MACRO: hlt @@html:<span style="background-color: yellow;">$1</span>@@
>
>   This {{{hlt(information)}}} is important.
>
> I wondered whether we could reduce the number of accolades to 2 or 1?

Why not just fontify them away entirely?  I'm not too enamored with
these three braces in and out myself, but anything less is going to
cause trouble elsewhere, I'd think.


Regards,
Achim.
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