From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2022 10:38:37 +0200 Message-ID: <87h74ztshe.fsf@gmx.de> References: <87leuca7v7.fsf@disroot.org> <87czfopmsd.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="26025"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Stefan Kangas , Tassilo Horn , Akib Azmain Turja , Emacs developers To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 05 10:42:46 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 1nxlqQ-0006Yi-Dw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 05 Jun 2022 10:42:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44006 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nxlqP-0002no-5M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 05 Jun 2022 04:42:45 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47602) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nxlma-0001lX-1n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jun 2022 04:38:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.15]:55133) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nxlmY-0001kk-8l; Sun, 05 Jun 2022 04:38:47 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1654418319; bh=uNPz/4NuWPaduuffMrfhwcHzpGoj0dHneiUAMbbTEfw=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To; b=aLFCEjBqs5Sr4WDqQb6HI2kOCJ3W2uCnlwbhnc03E+z8ydihbKCofwymdca0LlF0p LapazcIBhADuwRuFGED1Xk6VskGG366+BHDyOtx7Cw1o3kVHepc1eiWcp9XeZmHOHw 3y+YRpuKZV++NGi4JfNRNixR+RKlmcg2/yq44UxQ= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Original-Received: from gandalf.gmx.de ([213.220.156.59]) by mail.gmx.net (mrgmx004 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MxlzI-1nZ6I51eog-00zCGj; Sun, 05 Jun 2022 10:38:39 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Sat, 4 Jun 2022 17:27:16 +0000") X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:SqGlgCGl5wjMSzr5HsLrWBBl7qqjZQVCMqjF5q+z3F296GImRvV 7Ow2t1FksLhVfNoqIyHu6N0+a9SFAyUFB3yteaNa8fAH8KRsBos1iFLMtt6frXnH7GcG5G2 JEEvKk9ZWTwJL9GEvNKrWviR1dvycweqa3xHMySH1Nzelpgojl9g4+2lOh/WyVZ/wEEpzXb O1gqBobvm42zYRgrPe6kw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:8fWgVBUPg0g=:63+Lwg3HiT7q9f58xIxNHX DdBbcx2i1gYXQGY3H4yDqsDtey6K9dV44o+Dp+Lq0n05q0kJczOpFJBk+cujtSLk0IMoyMZsn yOiRPMMdQPnqKFZ2ArwMKJ5309Fplw0beM0MyHdgeaUCKWP9wETRGPp+qScP5GHJ+D5X6e+js CdVa9gtQdA1pXspGypMhxaKZSii5MkOtKH+Ped3ePuMna5nVCsri3Bd/BrAm97iCeMJVIh0Z9 tz309jOxDUf7fhblvps9KrTzM5UvAYpCdQH6gLwgpi/rnHA3ETxPONlan3AFQOUeBcCD7gUDj BNdM9zoAvOdeW5Jq3My1K29D5MTJJsKvA4G6409XSuKCHuvXBkT+u0IO7PinBCT1uLVQXZISP SveSuzeIY+feMxUATNS2W5BAP9wFTAbs3M2Mis+ee2vAKC23cJWXOYobCjac6LeK+3eesUGuQ MDC8Izp5dJZJBL0ZjmVZGA5ZHrh1sMcb80/ymzUaoKxfeRWOmu9NivunkOnx9bSWbpKG1U2ol S/DC6sn2FGnrKofCzu8h4ILDAi8TQHx4E1gKA2AapYAneuJBFCr00VKJFl5aDCJ5R4vK8ZI1q KpGhNpwB4ZELP1gDNL1UX8sn9m5Bz/HHviHW1adJENAO3soaO+Tq+bs16b7pkGxXMz1jJaJIw dJnbdKLk4qdYLQFCPyHtG9hA8Xj7nLsCcJMKJ7AV1OQnQmwKetLB5UEHnJSBV7X8aKehqesxW CjFxpOo2lonZF4nr6fj7hsVOdGmn0dzH0cFzBxuAd4OxX5O/MkaYbN6RxYbHqEfcX6LXJDZZ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=212.227.15.15; envelope-from=michael.albinus@gmx.de; helo=mout.gmx.net X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham 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:290680 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie writes: > Hello, Stefan. Hi, >> I think we should actively encourage using it for most types of >> documentation, certainly for README type files. > > I disagree entirely with you. Org mode is highly complicated, obscure > (I've never managed to get a feel for what it does), and difficult to > learn (I've never managed it). A text file is far easier to read for > those not familiar with org. We're talking about READMEs here. They're > typically 20 to 100 lines long. A text file is ideal for these. 1+. README is a text file which is consulted in order to get information about the related software. There's no rule to visit it by Emacs only. Best regards, Michael.