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: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:47:10 -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> <871to5kt1a.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418435248 6341 80.91.229.3 (13 Dec 2014 01:47:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 01:47:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, sb@dod.no, kyle.c.andrews@gmail.com To: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 13 02:47:23 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 1Xzbnm-000207-3Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 02:47:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59992 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xzbnl-0006I5-Jc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:47:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39886) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xzbnf-0006Ho-4p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:47:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xzbnc-0004oW-BG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:47:15 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:50615) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xzbnc-0004oR-83 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:47:12 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xzbna-00071g-SK; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:47:10 -0500 In-reply-to: <871to5kt1a.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> (phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk) 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:179970 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. ]]] > > I am glad he did, but in order for Org format to be a usable format > > for GNU documentation, it needs to be fully documented. To be good > > for the purpose, this documentation should not be dispersed among > > other unrelated topics such as outlines, memos, or time logging. > Org-mode does all of that, but doesn't have to do any of that. The > org-mode manual link which Achim Gratz is worth looking at. With all due respect, I don't think you have addressed the issue I raised. I looked at that manual text, and it doesn't do the job needed to use Org format as a documentation source. > Also, it's worth noting that texinfo current disperses the documentation > amount unrelated topics such as navigation. I don't follow you here. -- 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.