i would say that respecting narrowing is expected in emacs, as a kind of pseudo-buffer bob/eob, so it would be surprising to find that it might not be so in a part of org. lack of it should be mentioned, but might be a bug.
On 5/25/22, Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Uwe Brauer <o...@mat.ucm.es> writes: > >>> Could you please clarify which part of the function docstring was not >>> clear? >> >> Well >> | org-export-dispatch is an interactive compiled Lisp function in >> | ‘ox.el’. >> | >> | (org-export-dispatch &optional ARG) >> ... >> >> Does not mention, that a selected region gets exported. > > Fair enough. > Ironically, it is not even wrong. Looking at the source code, respecting > region is merely a convention coming from most of backends calling > `org-export-as'. > > As one possibility, we can add something like the following to the > docstring: > > "Usually, exporting respects current narrowing and active region, though > individual export backends might not follow the convention. See > `org-export-as' for more details." > > Alternatively, we can modify `org-export-define-backend' to change the > docstring with links to individual backend exporters. > > Or we may modify the dispatcher menu to indicate active region. Though > it is not guaranteed to be obeyed by the backends. > > Best, > Ihor > > -- The Kafka Pandemic A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com
