From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Org mode and Emacs (was: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package) Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 05:29:54 +0300 Message-ID: <83czfduwgt.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87h74ztshe.fsf@gmx.de> <871qw31ois.fsf@yahoo.com> <8735gj4ceo.fsf@gnu.org> <87ee038ipt.fsf@gmx.de> <87o7z61v59.fsf@gmail.com> <87bkv527p5.fsf@gmail.com> <835yld93w7.fsf@gnu.org> <877d5t0yrn.fsf@gmail.com> <87r140yuof.fsf@gmail.com> <875yl9e7zm.fsf@gmail.com> <87wndmwrrk.fsf@gmail.com> <83r13uwha9.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29848"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: theophilusx@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 13 04:31:59 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 1o0Zrz-0007YO-6W for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2022 04:31:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46876 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o0Zrx-0007cb-GB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2022 22:31:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38726) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o0ZqH-0006nz-AY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2022 22:30:13 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:58842) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o0ZqG-0001XL-1K; Sun, 12 Jun 2022 22:30:12 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=x6luyOfNqIL+vLL/sxM6WP+vEOnmDn2L3pQADRckNvg=; b=fCeK/GzpWaOb 3ZnhifRtPtbu8EAZ5SA2JUXUgPpu7xfYFN0P84ZE5qnMlOuzIrBGelH2vqxXWmBXKhYYjzZNI5Qv4 iwL2xRYXMM1q9u9ENSJpEdZAeEy1YsrdMlY4yXnTq/YttBgkBAyXQpXWcJ/Ow4c1BzfvNjERzAPiP GvD0DWzTo3e6rwn7adKn6/HS6KIxEUvvW5cJ7uCxcJ9l4Mdf1agxvreRcD+ktrGsbECILyZiNETgs Ks/Pg5NqdxKsBNE4XSCXSUM5gb2eOv2WZedBBk5hjd/vERyz6bB8+sM6iCZmGUqmG3HLZtUgDoTW+ ESmXIPPWd8wQenInm68I4g==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=2055 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o0ZqE-0003v4-Bu; Sun, 12 Jun 2022 22:30:10 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Richard Stallman on Sun, 12 Jun 2022 18:38:46 -0400) 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:291124 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > Cc: theophilusx@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, acm@muc.de, > emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 18:38:46 -0400 > > > The main problem with Texinfo that I'm aware of is its reliance on TeX > > for the printed output formats (PDF, PS, etc.). Many restrictions in > > Texinfo come from the fact that something is impossible to implement > > in TeX. > > I am not sure which kind of "something" this refers to. Formatting > capabilities? Input syntax? The fact that Texinfo's TeX implementation is via TeX macros, AFAIU.