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From: Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Tags v. PROPERTIES for noexport and ignoreheadings
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:38:16 -0500
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On 2016-01-05 at 18:29, Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> wrote:
> Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com> writes:
>> I'm trying to figure out when I should be using tags and when I
>> should be using properties, for the cases of "noexport" and
>> "ignoringheading".
>
> If you are working on a patch to be submitted to org, you should use a
> property unless you have good reasons not to (IMO). If you are working
> on a hack do whatever you want...

I'm asking as an end-user writing a document. I'd rather use an official solution than a hack. I've been using the hacked tag solution but thought that there was a recent official change.

  -k.