How can I generate the <abbr> HTML tag from org-mode?

Question

I'm trying to migrate my current blogging platform (Pelican) where I wrote the posts using Markdown to a one based in org-mode (still considering how).

One of the problems that I found is that I have used the <abbr> HTML tag in several of my articles --thanks to the Markdown Extra markup *[abbr]: definition that I could use with Pelican-- but I can not find a way in org-mode to export that tag.

Is there any way to generate this tag from org-mode?

Answer 1

I guess the simplest way is to define a macro in your orgmode file with:

#+MACRO: abbr @@html:<abbr title="$1">$2</abbr>@@

You can then add an abbr in your text with:

{{{abbr(Definition, abbreviation)}}}

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Edit:

This is probably the better solution: Add a special tag for abbr:

(defun org-export-abbr (backend)
  "Replace {abbreviation|description} to <abbr> html text in
current buffer"
  (when (equal backend 'html)
    (save-excursion
      (beginning-of-buffer)
      (replace-regexp "{\\(.*?\\)|\\(.*?\\)}"
                      "@@html:<abbr title=\"\\2\">\\1</abbr>@@"))))

(add-hook 'org-export-before-parsing-hook 'org-export-abbr)

This will replace occurence of {abbreviation|description} into an abbr tag on HTML export.