From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Guerry Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Org mode and Emacs Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:52:55 +0200 Message-ID: <87cyzcwtbc.fsf@bzg.fr> References: <87y1u8b1gj.fsf@gmail.com> <8735cgot9x.fsf@gnu.org> <83leq7naql.fsf@gnu.org> <86o7v3ryan.fsf@gmail.com> <87wn9qfyv6.fsf@gnu.org> <87r0zy63u3.fsf@localhost> <87h70ufwr1.fsf@gnu.org> <87o7j48eg9.fsf@localhost> <83ttsw2oeb.fsf@gnu.org> <87lee889ta.fsf@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="503"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: Ihor Radchenko , eliz@gnu.org, yantar92@gmail.com, theophilusx@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 24 13:53:43 2023 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 1qZ8uF-000AUq-7b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:53:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qZ8tm-00071H-SA; Thu, 24 Aug 2023 07:53:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qZ8tl-000718-7o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2023 07:53:13 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qZ8tk-0001O9-6H; Thu, 24 Aug 2023 07:53:12 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-Version:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:To: From; bh=AMTQe2g90A/8wpzyCspUC3Fsfa768FpUYApKW+OJ5/A=; b=pLIKFqVz2qQJ0hmWWr4n z+GpV0tS1lYuiuQA4o9sFZmaKCunzMPR5K72lxEbQNomA8us7wM+uuO4zHogVHhThgsVFd05yS5J5 56gdWg90BP7r44wLsgom/wQZgmDypygaxbCi+WuaSbg3H7NM5pMds/n4IEnvrauWtzUNS4Amzl+jb 7++AX676ybFhKSVhtuhNbyLzPX6NXZpeAxCkAdGKzsanhEqSa49ouQBs3jCp3hCDujvaxUXLtTaB8 yhMX6bvf2W/99aCjGf+YSN+Y2giP30NEbNXigL/4/kPp2q2N2fxQJgCTG7H08csClLrDnsRe0wwwH 2b69pfw6VBsijA==; In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Tue, 22 Aug 2023 22:12:29 -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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:309163 Archived-At: FWIW, I think it is good to improve the .org format and Org tools so that they are as good as .texi and Texinfo tools when it comes to writing and publishing technical documentation. Because most of Org syntax is easy to learn, this may help more developers enjoy writing good documentation. I don't think we need to consider replacing Texinfo by Org as the GNU documentat format, though. I understand such a possibility can be a motivation boost for Org developers, but it could also be a pitfall, inducing focus on the wrong priorities. Let's simply try to improve Org in general, and see if more GNU maintainers want to use it as their native documentat format (the example of Org's documentation shows it's already possible.) 2 cts, -- Bastien Guerry