Re: the opposite of the noexport tag

[Ihor Radchenko]

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

>> 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?
>
> I added some lines, and run rediff and I hoper therefore the modified patch 
> is ok.
>
>
> Feel free to use it
> +  This tag is useful, if the =export= tag is not used on other sections.
> +  When a tree is tagged
> +  with =noexport=, Org excludes that tree and its subtrees from
> +  export.  

I find this part confusing - we first talk about no "export" tags at all
and then immediately about using with "export" tags. I dropped it in the
attached patch. Maybe there is a better way to formulate the same?

In the attached patch, I incorporated your other changes, the grammar
remarks from Loris, and reworded a bit more.

>From c82ec6139269cfc5dabf0e2e4d3601143843c782 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:30:42 +0300
Subject: [PATCH v2] * 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 | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index c0e9c8d7e..7e4553668 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -12053,22 +12053,38 @@ ** 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, ignoring all the other sections that do not possess the
+  =export= tag.
+
+  When selectively exporting files with =export= tags set, Org does
+  not export any text that appears before the first headline.
+
+  Note that a file without the =export= or the =noexport= tag will
+  export all its sections.
+
+  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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