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: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:45:55 -0500 Message-ID: References: <5488DC0C.2070402@cs.ucla.edu> <837fxyt78a.fsf@gnu.org> <87iohiujcy.fsf@Gertrud.fritz.box> <8761dg1ykk.fsf@Gertrud.fritz.box> <87388jz1ss.fsf@Gertrud.fritz.box> <87siggx0g6.fsf@Gertrud.fritz.box> <20141217092219.GA2956@acm.acm> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418831191 903 80.91.229.3 (17 Dec 2014 15:46:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:46:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stromeko@nexgo.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 17 16:46:22 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 1Y1Gnt-0005Ur-M1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:46:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50353 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1Gnt-00013V-7v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:46:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37277) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1GnV-0000zk-6Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:45:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1GnU-0008Mg-7o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:45:57 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:60520) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1GnU-0008Ma-3l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:45:56 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1GnT-0001cm-1p; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:45:55 -0500 In-reply-to: <20141217092219.GA2956@acm.acm> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:22:19 +0000) 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:180233 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. ]]] > > //emph// > > /=dfn=/ > > ==code== > > '=samp=' > > .=file=. > > _kbd_ > > *strong* > > @variable@ > Please don't go for something like this. It is too confusing for > somebody like me, who couldn't possibly remember all these variations > from one document-writing session to the next. Either we use semantic markup or we use simple fixed markup. If we need semantic markup, we can either stick with Texinfo-like syntax or move to a syntax like what I suggested. (I think you would remember these commands.) Maybe we don't meed semantic markup, if we can work out how to handle display on a tty. If we don't need semantic markup, we can use the simple markup as in /italic/ and *bold*. -- 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.