From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:56:13 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20141205123549.GA29331@thyrsus.com> <2815659.zRQ0WWWeRr@descartes> <20141205175810.GD3120@thyrsus.com> <87wq66ufyt.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87zjb04tlw.fsf@gmx.us> <87bnnfve9c.fsf@dod.no> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418302586 5953 80.91.229.3 (11 Dec 2014 12:56:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:56:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Steinar Bang Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 11 13:56:22 2014 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 1Xz3I4-0004nn-Aa for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:56:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50788 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xz3I3-0007bk-W2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:56:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54347) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xz3I0-0007ZZ-6K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:56:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xz3Hy-0002of-Ru for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:56:16 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:38365) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xz3Hy-0002oW-Ox for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:56:14 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xz3Hx-0007hr-8T; Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:56:13 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Steinar Bang on Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:48:17 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:179751 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > It does not explain how to use Org format to format a manual. > There is an example in that Org document for a memo which shows basic > document structure, and some formatting (a C code example). That's what > I intended you to see. Write a manual for formatting manuals in Org format, and then we could consider it for such use. It should include all the features of Texinfo format, or at least come pretty close. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.