From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: bzg@gnu.org, yantar92@gmail.com, theophilusx@gmail.com,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Org mode and Emacs
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 09:04:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zg2nmmhl.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83lee737gv.fsf@gnu.org>
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> > I'd welcome such a change, FWIW.
>>
>> But how would Org benefit from it?
>
> I explained that below this part in my email.
I thought that you were referring to RMS' request.
> I don't know why Richard made that request. From my POV, switching
> from Texinfo to _any_ significantly different markup has the
> significant disadvantage that people who routinely improve our manuals
> will have to learn a new language, and that will likely lower their
> motivation.
> For better and for worse, Texinfo is our documentation system. It is
> a good system, and is actively developed (version 7.1 will be released
> soon), so abandoning it for something that is less familiar to those
> who take care of the documentation is a net loss, IMO. We have enough
> real problems on our hands to afford inventing new ones.
This may be true in general, but not for Org development.
People contributing to the Org manual are expected to understand Org
markup. So, it is Texinfo that becomes the new language to learn and
that creates an extra contribution barrier.
--
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
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2022-09-25 2:52 Org mode and Emacs Payas Relekar
2022-09-25 6:35 ` Bastien
2022-09-25 7:05 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-25 7:47 ` Bastien
2022-09-25 8:01 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-25 8:22 ` Bastien Guerry
2022-09-25 8:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-25 19:47 ` Tim Cross
2022-09-26 6:12 ` Bastien
2022-09-26 6:35 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-26 6:57 ` Bastien
2023-08-18 17:09 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-18 18:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-18 18:49 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-18 19:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-18 19:31 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-19 5:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-19 9:04 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2023-08-19 9:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-19 9:44 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-19 10:19 ` Po Lu
2023-08-19 10:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-19 10:48 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-19 10:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-19 10:54 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-21 1:12 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-21 7:56 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-23 2:12 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-23 9:44 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-23 11:01 ` Colin Baxter
2023-08-23 11:12 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-23 12:49 ` Po Lu
2023-08-23 17:18 ` Colin Baxter
2023-08-23 17:47 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-23 18:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-23 18:08 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-23 18:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-23 18:36 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-23 18:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-23 18:50 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-25 1:11 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-23 16:53 ` Colin Baxter
2023-08-23 17:56 ` Tassilo Horn
2023-08-24 11:52 ` Bastien Guerry
2023-08-24 17:51 ` T.V Raman
2023-08-24 17:55 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-24 18:35 ` T.V Raman
2023-08-25 1:16 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-25 11:45 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-25 1:14 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-25 9:04 ` Bastien Guerry
2023-08-25 18:56 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-26 10:46 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-31 2:09 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-31 8:50 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-26 2:04 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-26 5:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-26 16:49 ` Jose E. Marchesi
2023-08-26 16:56 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-26 20:28 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-26 20:58 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-30 8:11 ` Bastien Guerry
2023-08-27 1:32 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-27 8:32 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-28 1:32 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-29 8:29 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-01 1:18 ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-01 6:46 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-04 1:32 ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-04 22:05 ` Juergen Fenn
2023-09-05 11:04 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-06 0:58 ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-06 11:29 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-06 12:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-06 12:43 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-06 12:49 ` Po Lu
2023-09-06 12:54 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-06 13:04 ` Po Lu
2023-09-06 13:10 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-06 13:33 ` Po Lu
2023-09-06 15:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-06 13:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-06 13:20 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-06 15:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-06 16:12 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-06 16:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-07 11:11 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-10 0:22 ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-09 0:37 ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-09 9:36 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-10 0:22 ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-09 0:38 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-30 8:11 ` Bastien Guerry
2023-09-02 1:50 ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-02 8:19 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-02 8:30 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-08-27 1:32 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-27 8:35 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-28 1:32 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-28 10:04 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-28 11:15 ` Yuri Khan
2023-08-28 11:21 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-31 2:09 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-31 8:53 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-04 1:33 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-30 8:14 ` Bastien Guerry
2023-08-30 8:32 ` Po Lu
2023-08-27 1:33 ` Richard Stallman
2022-09-26 8:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-26 8:32 ` Jean Louis
2022-09-26 9:54 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-26 11:04 ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-27 16:17 ` Richard Stallman
2022-09-30 3:41 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-26 12:10 ` Richard Stallman
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2022-09-26 5:37 ` Po Lu
2022-09-26 5:44 ` Emanuel Berg
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2022-09-26 13:58 ` T.V Raman
2022-09-26 16:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-26 6:36 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-26 6:18 ` Bastien
2022-09-26 6:29 ` Ihor Radchenko
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2022-06-13 5:22 ` Org mode and Emacs Werner LEMBERG
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2022-06-10 6:20 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-10 6:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
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