From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 11:27:28 +0000 Message-ID: <4EEC7C07-BAAF-4FEE-B557-7EF4CE985697@gnu.support> References: <87leuca7v7.fsf@disroot.org> <87czfopmsd.fsf@gnu.org> <87h74ztshe.fsf@gmx.de> <871qw31ois.fsf@yahoo.com> <8735gj4ceo.fsf@gnu.org> <87ee038ipt.fsf@gmx.de> <87o7z61v59.fsf@gmail.com> <87ilpbzlq5.fsf@gmail.com> <877d5rty58.fsf@localhost> <87a6anzj1w.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13351"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Tim Cross , Ihor Radchenko Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 08 13:32:26 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nytvE-00038u-TH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:32:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33756 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nytvD-0004r5-VR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:32:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42292) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nytqk-0002ZL-80 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:27:46 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:37777) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nytqi-0001Rj-AI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:27:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [10.164.100.246] ([::ffff:197.239.6.110]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.2,128bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 0000000000081F47.0000000062A087A8.00001928; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 04:27:36 -0700 In-Reply-To: <87a6anzj1w.fsf@gmail.com> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -17 X-Spam_score: -1.8 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_SBL=0.141, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:290916 Archived-At: I think that one of points conveyed with the term "plain text" means readab= le=2E That is what README should be about=2E Even the title of the file (RE= ADME) indicates it is for reading=2E Org files are source files, they shall= for public be exported to the actual text=2E The term "plain text" is not = beneficial in this subject=2E Those files should be readable without Emacs= =2E Take as analogy the TeX system, or Texinfo, that is also plain text but no= t readable=2E=20 =20 Jean