Re: the opposite of the noexport tag

[Ihor Radchenko]

Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:

> I recommend then to clarify this is in the manual: the expression in the 
> manual is 
> `("export")'

What about the attached patch?

>From f94d0c8dfa875983332dfe9432e6ec896c62bf59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Message-ID: 
<f94d0c8dfa875983332dfe9432e6ec896c62bf59.1698064304.git.yantar92@posteo.net>
From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:30:42 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] * doc/org-manual.org: Improve documentation for #+SELECT_TAGS
 and #+EXCLUDE_TAGS

(Export Settings): Clarify how to define multiple tags per-document.  Reword.

Link: 87y1ftilf3.fsf@mat.ucm.es">https://orgmode.org/list/87y1ftilf3.fsf@mat.ucm.es
---
 doc/org-manual.org | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index c0e9c8d7e..29845f309 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -12053,22 +12053,31 @@ ** Export Settings
 
   #+cindex: @samp{SELECT_TAGS}, keyword
   #+vindex: org-export-select-tags
-  The default value is =("export")=.  When a tree is tagged with
-  =export= (~org-export-select-tags~), Org selects that tree and its
-  subtrees for export.  Org excludes trees with =noexport= tags, see
-  below.  When selectively exporting files with =export= tags set, Org
-  does not export any text that appears before the first headline.
+  List of tags that will *only* be selected for export.  The default
+  value is ~org-export-select-tags~ =("export")=.  When a tree is
+  tagged with =export=, Org selects that tree and its subtrees for
+  export.  When selectively exporting files with =export= tags set,
+  Org does not export any text that appears before the first headline.
+
+  To select non-default tags for export, customize
+  ~org-export-select-tags~ (globally) or add
+  =#+SELECT_TAGS: tag1 tag2= to the document.
 
 - =EXCLUDE_TAGS= ::
 
   #+cindex: @samp{EXCLUDE_TAGS}, keyword
   #+vindex: org-export-exclude-tags
-  The default value is =("noexport")=.  When a tree is tagged with
-  =noexport= (~org-export-exclude-tags~), Org excludes that tree and
-  its subtrees from export.  Entries tagged with =noexport= are
-  unconditionally excluded from the export, even if they have an
-  =export= tag.  Even if a subtree is not exported, Org executes any
-  code blocks contained there.
+  List o tags that will be excluded from export.  The default value is
+  ~org-export-exclude-tags~ =("noexport")=.  When a tree is tagged
+  with =noexport=, Org excludes that tree and its subtrees from
+  export.  Entries tagged with =noexport= are unconditionally excluded
+  from the export, even if they have an =export= tag.  Even if a
+  subtree is not exported, Org executes any code blocks contained
+  there.
+
+  To select non-default tags for the exclusion, customize
+  ~org-export-exclude-tags~ (globally) or add =#+EXCLUDE_TAGS: tag1
+  tag2= to the document.
 
 - =TITLE= ::
 
-- 
2.42.0

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