On Oct 30, 2015 09:09, "Christian Moe" <m...@christianmoe.com> wrote: > > > Thomas S. Dye writes: > > > Sorry, I forgot to give an example. I use it like this [[sc:ad][AD]]. > > > > The advantage of a link over a macro is that the link should export > > correctly to both LaTeX and HTML. > > > > If you intend to export to a single backend, then Nicolas' suggestion to > > use a macro is simpler. > > Though you could support multiple backends with a macro, too, you just > need to use lots of @'s. E.g.: > > > #+MACRO: sc @@latex:\textsc{$1}@@@@html:<span style="font-variant: > small-caps;">$1</span>@@ > > Already in 400 {{{sc(bc)}}}, the Greeks... > > > That's for a quick example; better to use <span class="smallcaps"> or > something and put the CSS in a separate stylesheet, of couse
thanks everyone for all the suggestions, I will try out a few of them and decide which seems most natural for me. But in any event I've learned a bit about macros and custom links, which has been great. Matt > > Yours, > Christian