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From: Jonas Bernoulli <jonas@bernoul.li>
To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Cc: kyle@kyleam.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ox-texinfo: Turn a description list item with "+" bullet into @itemx
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 19:05:00 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zgol7wkz.fsf@bernoul.li> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wnjr9he9.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr>

Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Thanks. Some comments follow.

Thanks for the review!

> Jonas Bernoulli <jonas@bernoul.li> writes:
>
>> +In description lists the used bullet is significant when exporting to
>> +Texinfo; when in doubt, then use =-=.  An item that uses =+= instead
>> +becomes a new entry in the first column of the table.  The above
>> +output can also be produced with:
>>  
>>  #+begin_example
>> -#+ATTR_TEXINFO: :enum A
>> -1. Alpha
>> -2. Bravo
>> -3. Charlie
>> +,#+attr_texinfo: :table-type vtable :indic asis
>> +- foo ::
>> ++ bar ::
>> +  This is the common text for foo and bar.
>>  #+end_example
>
> The above is fragile, because pressing <C-c C-c> on an item will
> "repair" the bullets. Therefore, you cannot support mixed bullets in the
> same list.

The alternative also isn't great (see below).

I vaguely remember having run into this feature before when using Org to
record a pros and cons list.  As a maintainer I don't like this question
but; could this feature be made optional?  (Of course one could use tags
to indicate whether an item is a pro or cons, but for such a simple use-
case that seems more work than necessary and less immediately obvious.)

>>  *** Tables in Texinfo export
>> diff --git a/lisp/ox-texinfo.el b/lisp/ox-texinfo.el
>> index b0125894a..35862357d 100644
>> --- a/lisp/ox-texinfo.el
>> +++ b/lisp/ox-texinfo.el
>> @@ -418,6 +418,11 @@ (defun org-texinfo--filter-section-blank-lines (headline _backend _info)
>>    "Filter controlling number of blank lines after a section."
>>    (replace-regexp-in-string "\n\\(?:\n[ \t]*\\)*\\'" "\n\n" headline))
>>  
>> +(defun org-texinfo--filter-parse-tree (tree backend info)
>> +  "Normalize headlines and items."
>> +  (org-texinfo--normalize-headlines tree backend info)
>> +  (org-texinfo--normalize-items tree info))
>
> Could you expound the docstring? Arguments are missing, and "normalize"
> is vague.

This bothered me a bit too when writing it but at the same time
it seemed like overkill to replicate the docstrings of the called
functions.  How do you feel about using a hook instead?

(defvar org-texinfo--filter-parse-tree-functions
  '(org-texinfo--normalize-headlines
    org-texinfo--normalize-items)
  "List of functions the `texinfo' back-end applies to the parsed tree.
Each filter is called with three arguments: the parse tree, as
returned by `org-element-parse-buffer', the back-end, as
a symbol, and the communication channel, as a plist.  It must
return the modified parse tree to transcode.")

Do you prefer to add the hook functions as done above or should each one
be added individually using add-hook?

>> +  (org-element-map tree 'plain-list
>> +    (lambda (plain-list)
>> +      (when (eq (org-element-property :type plain-list) 'descriptive)
>> +        (let ((contents (org-element-contents plain-list)))
>> +          (while (setq item (pop contents))
>> +            (let ((next-item (car contents)))
>> +              (when (and next-item
>> +                         (equal (org-element-property :bullet next-item) "+ "))
>
> The above will fail if `org-list-two-spaces-after-bullet-regexp' is
> non-nil. You should compare the trimmed bullet with "+".

Done.  Is this okay?:

              (when (and next-item
                         (string-prefix-p
                          "+"
                          (org-element-property :bullet next-item)))

Or should the line-breaks go elsewhere?

> Anyhow, relying on mixed bullets is not great…

The alternative isn't great either.

For example:

- Key: C-c C-w (forge-browse-TYPE) ::
+ Key: C-c C-w (forge-browse-dwim) ::
+ Key: N b I (forge-browse-issues) ::
+ Key: N b P (forge-browse-pullreqs) ::
+ Key: N b t (forge-browse-topic) ::
+ Key: N b i (forge-browse-issue) ::
+ Key: N b p (forge-browse-pullreq) ::

  These commands visit the topic, issue(s), pull-request(s), post,
  branch, commit, or remote at point in a browser. ...

vs.

- Key: C-c C-w (forge-browse-TYPE), C-c C-w (forge-browse-dwim), N b I (forge-browse-issues), N b P (forge-browse-pullreqs), N b t (forge-browse-topic), N b i (forge-browse-issue), N b p (forge-browse-pullreq) ::

  These commands visit the topic, issue(s), pull-request(s), post,
  branch, commit, or remote at point in a browser. ...

I am sure I am gonna make mistakes when using the latter approach.

     Cheers,
     Jonas


  reply	other threads:[~2021-12-27 18:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-09 18:01 Merging ox-texinfo+ into ox-texinfo Jonas Bernoulli
2021-11-19 12:46 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-11-20 21:06   ` Jonas Bernoulli
2021-11-21 12:41     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-11-30 16:58       ` Jonas Bernoulli
2021-12-18 21:40         ` [PATCH 0/2] ox-texinfo: Define definition commands using description lists Jonas Bernoulli
2021-12-18 21:40           ` [PATCH 1/2] ox-texinfo: Turn a description list item with "+" bullet into @itemx Jonas Bernoulli
2021-12-26 21:37             ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-12-27 18:05               ` Jonas Bernoulli [this message]
2021-12-30  9:40                 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2022-01-05 13:12                   ` Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-23 15:01                   ` Jonas Bernoulli
2021-12-18 21:40           ` [PATCH 2/2] ox-texinfo: Define definition commands using description lists Jonas Bernoulli
2021-12-26 21:46             ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-12-27 18:05               ` Jonas Bernoulli
2021-12-30  0:57                 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2022-01-05 13:16                   ` Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-05 13:30           ` [PATCH v2 0/3] " Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-05 13:30             ` [PATCH v2 1/3] ox-texinfo: Add function for use by kbd macro Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-05 13:30             ` [PATCH v2 2/3] ox-texinfo: Optionally use @itemx for certain description list items Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-05 13:30             ` [PATCH v2 3/3] ox-texinfo: Define definition commands using description lists Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-14 23:01             ` [PATCH v2 0/3] " Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-18 15:11           ` [PATCH v3 " Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-18 15:11             ` [PATCH v3 1/3] ox-texinfo: Add function for use by kbd macro Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-22 15:19               ` Nicolas Goaziou
2022-01-18 15:11             ` [PATCH v3 2/3] ox-texinfo: Optionally use @itemx for certain description list items Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-22 15:33               ` Nicolas Goaziou
2022-01-23  1:26                 ` Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-23 20:43                 ` Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-18 15:11             ` [PATCH v3 3/3] ox-texinfo: Define definition commands using description lists Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-23  0:02               ` Nicolas Goaziou
2022-01-23  1:14                 ` Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-23 14:45                 ` Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-23 20:27           ` [PATCH v4 0/3] " Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-23 20:27             ` [PATCH v4 1/3] ox-texinfo: Add function for use by kbd macro Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-23 20:27             ` [PATCH v4 2/3] ox-texinfo: Optionally use @itemx for certain description list items Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-23 21:17               ` Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-23 20:27             ` [PATCH v4 3/3] ox-texinfo: Define definition commands using description lists Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-31 23:45           ` [PATCH v5 0/4] " Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-31 23:45             ` [PATCH v5 1/4] ox-texinfo: Add function for use by kbd macro Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-31 23:45             ` [PATCH v5 2/4] ox-texinfo: Optionally use @itemx for certain description list items Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-31 23:45             ` [PATCH v5 3/4] ox-texinfo: Define definition commands using description lists Jonas Bernoulli
2022-01-31 23:45             ` [PATCH v5 4/4] ox-texinfo: Allow enabling compact syntax for @itemx per file Jonas Bernoulli
2022-02-08 23:46             ` [PATCH v5 0/4] ox-texinfo: Define definition commands using description lists Nicolas Goaziou
2022-02-11 20:01               ` Jonas Bernoulli
2022-02-15 21:01               ` [PATCH] etc/ORG-NEWS: Add news items about new features in texinfo exporter Jonas Bernoulli
2022-02-22 19:14                 ` Nicolas Goaziou

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