From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Differences between Org-Mode and Hyperbole Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2016 12:55:39 +0300 Message-ID: <83ziq0s6sk.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87inwoifdt.fsf@fastmail.fm> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1467453428 21494 80.91.229.3 (2 Jul 2016 09:57:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2016 09:57:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: srandby@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Joost Kremers Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 02 11:57:03 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bJHfb-00043g-Ih for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2016 11:57:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37750 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bJHfa-0000fo-Le for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2016 05:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34297) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bJHec-0000da-0M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2016 05:56:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bJHeW-00062k-H7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2016 05:56:01 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:49695) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bJHeW-00062b-Dk; Sat, 02 Jul 2016 05:55:56 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2751 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bJHeT-0003h1-RK; Sat, 02 Jul 2016 05:55:54 -0400 In-reply-to: <87inwoifdt.fsf@fastmail.fm> (message from Joost Kremers on Sat, 02 Jul 2016 11:00:14 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:205083 Archived-At: > From: Joost Kremers > Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2016 11:00:14 +0200 > Cc: Scott Randby , emacs-devel@gnu.org > > exporting (your first example) would probably be > difficult to separate from Org mode. Although Org files are essentially > just plain text files, in order for the exporters to know which parts of > the text are headers, which are lists, which phrases need to be set in > italic or bold, etc. etc., the source file needs some markup, and this > markup happens to be Org's markup. At least in principle, the markup commands and what it inserts into the buffer could be separate from the rest of Org. > I haven't got a clue as to the amount of work that would be involved, > though, to turn Org into such a modular system. I'm not sure such a move is intended by this discussion. I think this discussion is more about the principles than about their practical implications on Org specifically.