Hi Jean,

a side question:
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I installed markdown and Asccidoc in my distro GNU Guix, in order to try 
it out.

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but markdown can be used only in installing "ReText" or "ghostwriter"


How do you use them in Emacs?

The same with Asccidoc.

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How can I bind that function to some key like C-c a ?

> (defun rcd-markdown-preview ()
>>    "Preview Markdown."
>>    (interactive)
>>    (let* ((output (rcd-markdown (buffer-string)))
>> 	 (file (concat (buffer-file-name) "-MD.html")))
>>      (with-temp-file file (insert output))
>>      (browse-url file)))

> Then you bind that function to some keyy, like C-c a  


thanks for help

Gottfried




Am 31.01.23 um 08:34 schrieb Jean Louis:
> * Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> [2023-01-29 15:08]:
>> I would like to have a text editing of the headings e.g.: to
>> increase the font, may be to make them bold.
> 
> You probably wish to have printed representation with increased font,
> or bold text, and other markup.
> 
> Emacs is text editor, and unlike desktop publishing sofware, it may
> visually represent bold fonts, enlarged fonts, but it is not WYSIWYG
> or What You See Is What You Get.
> 
> You would need to use some processor, to process your markup.
> 
> Normally you would use this workflow:
> -------------------------------------
> 
> 1. Edit text
> 
> 2. Invoke some processor to convert to some other format and file
> 
> 3. Preview the new file
> 
>> What options do I have as an emacs newbie?
> 
> You have got Markdown, Asciidoc, Kotl, Org mode, Jemdoc,
> reStructuredText, txt2tags, Djot, Wikitext, LaTeX and other options.
> 
>> I would like to use this file regularly, so in creating a LaTex file
>> I would always have the LaTex formating visible, which is not so
>> nice.
> 
> I understand that. You need something simpler.
> 
> - Markdown can be used to convert to HTML but by using `pandoc' also
>    to many other formats, such as PDF
> 
> - Asciidoc is more expressive than Markdown, can give PDF and HTML
> 
> - Org is Emacs built-in, very easy to learn and expressive
> 
>> I don't need to print it for the moment, then through LaTex and
>> converting it to HTML etc would surely make a nice printout.
> 
> Using Markdown or Org is very simple. There exists already
> `markdown-mode'
> 
> I use following function to process text with Markdown.
> 
> (defun rcd-markdown (text &rest args)
>    "Markdown processing"
>    (let ((markdown (executable-find "markdown")))
>      (cond (markdown
> 	   (cond (text
> 		  (apply 'rcd-command-output-from-input markdown (append (list text) args)))
> 		 (t ""))
> 	   (t (user-error "Command `markdown' not available"))))))
> 	
> And I use
> 
> Discount – a C implementation of the Markdown markup language:
> http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/
> 
> for reasons that it is more expressive, it provides table of contents
> and valid HTML, and is fastest.
> 
> Then you could the following preview function:
> 
> (defun rcd-markdown-preview ()
>    "Preview Markdown."
>    (interactive)
>    (let* ((output (rcd-markdown (buffer-string)))
> 	 (file (concat (buffer-file-name) "-MD.html")))
>      (with-temp-file file (insert output))
>      (browse-url file)))
> 	
> Then you bind that function to some keyy, like C-c a
> 
> Then while writing, you only press `C-c a' and browser opens showing
> you the HTML.
> 
> You could learn here:
> https://www.markdownguide.org/
> 
> Then you got Emacs Org mode, you can learn it by using Org manual, it
> is similar to Markdown with many features.
> 
>> Could I use my "fundamental enriched text" in org-mode? , would I
>> have the possibility to increase the fonts of some words and
>> headings e.g.?
> 
> Enriched text is not for that purpose. it is only text, enriched, and
> I guess it was meant for e-mails. But yes, I suppose that it is
> possible to extend enriched text to make universal output of it, like
> from enriched text to PDF, that should be possible, but such program
> does not exist that I know.
> 
>> The text formating in Emacs is not so easy as I thought.
> 
> Beautiful and highly expressive documents have been made by Emacs,
> once you start creating it, it will become easier, as with
> understanding and training comes the result.
> 
> To make font larger in Org mode you just use:
> 
> \large{My text here}
> 
> 
> Then you have Asciidoctor:
> 
> Asciidoctor | A fast, open source text processor and publishing toolchain for converting AsciiDoc content to HTML5, DocBook, PDF, and other formats.:
> https://asciidoctor.org/
> 

-- 
Kind regards

Gottfried