just an idea but changing the subscript and superscript export feature to ‘{}’ would reduce accidental invocation. i have seen solecistic subscripts on websites created with org (probably by experts who babelize their .emacs!), and on this ml :).
i have seen it used accidentally more than i have seen it used for its intended purpose. {} seems more unambiguous. that would, of course, be an issue for those who already have a lot of the short form in their technical and scientific papers. so there would have to be a nice regexp fixer. or a warning. -- The Kafka Pandemic What is misopathy? https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com/2013/10/why-some-diseases-are-wronged.html