From: Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com>
To: Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: RTF for emacs
Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 01:21:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8761kw58n4.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fvk012fi.fsf@debian.uxu> (message from Emanuel Berg on Sat, 24 May 2014 01:49:05 +0200)
> Really, what *is* the use-case for "RTF"?
What about writing a letter to your bank? Or writing a short technical
document that has to include diagrams? Plain text can't really do these
things. Latex can do these things, but it's complicated. Whenever I
need to use Latex I have to look at lots of examples from the internet
or the last time I used it. Since I never write large reports using
Latex it's syntax never sticks in my head.
I use a word processor for these kind of things a present, Libreoffice. I'd
rather not do that though, it's clumsy. If I had the time I'd help with
adding RTF editing and/or word-processing to Emacs.
Something I'm considering is using info format. The info makeup is very
simple (for the GNU manuals it's compiled from sources in a TeX dialect
called TeXInfo, but it can be written directly). Another possibility is using HTML.
BR,
Robert Thorpe
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2014-05-21 8:41 RTF for emacs James Freer
2014-05-21 8:54 ` Rasmus
[not found] ` <mailman.1730.1400662362.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-23 23:49 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-24 0:21 ` Robert Thorpe [this message]
2014-05-24 0:58 ` Charles Philip Chan
[not found] ` <mailman.1969.1400893171.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-24 1:04 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-24 2:13 ` Charles Philip Chan
2014-05-24 5:33 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2014-05-24 7:56 ` Glyn Millington
[not found] ` <mailman.1983.1400918458.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-24 17:07 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.1980.1400909455.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-24 7:54 ` Rusi
2014-05-24 12:33 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
[not found] ` <mailman.2014.1400950326.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-24 18:45 ` artist-mode/aa2u (was: Re: RTF for emacs) Emanuel Berg
2014-05-25 8:38 ` artist-mode/aa2u Thien-Thi Nguyen
[not found] ` <mailman.2057.1401006911.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-25 15:49 ` artist-mode/aa2u Emanuel Berg
2014-05-25 17:28 ` artist-mode/aa2u Rusi
2014-05-25 20:52 ` artist-mode/aa2u Emanuel Berg
2014-05-24 18:22 ` RTF for emacs Emanuel Berg
2014-05-25 1:45 ` Grant Rettke
[not found] ` <mailman.2046.1400982346.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-25 2:22 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-25 3:17 ` Rusi
2014-05-25 6:51 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-25 5:27 ` Yuri Khan
2014-05-25 14:14 ` Grant Rettke
[not found] ` <mailman.2052.1400995678.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-25 6:40 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-25 7:30 ` Yuri Khan
[not found] ` <mailman.2055.1401003008.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-25 20:37 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-24 21:48 ` James Freer
[not found] ` <mailman.2035.1400968141.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-24 22:25 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] <mailman.1964.1400890902.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-24 0:53 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-25 19:24 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-05-25 20:38 ` James Freer
2014-05-26 1:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-05-26 1:49 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-05-26 3:41 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.2103.1401075744.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-26 12:39 ` Rusi
2014-05-26 14:15 ` Rusi
2014-05-26 23:29 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.2101.1401068969.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-26 2:41 ` Rusi
2014-05-26 23:28 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.2081.1401050318.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-29 0:55 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-29 5:17 ` Rusi
2014-05-29 22:49 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-29 9:28 ` James Freer
[not found] <mailman.2070.1401045897.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-25 20:45 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-25 22:15 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-05-25 23:13 ` Allan Streib
2014-05-26 17:11 ` Sharon Kimble
[not found] ` <mailman.2140.1401124304.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-26 23:32 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-27 0:18 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-27 0:38 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-26 1:22 ` Charles Philip Chan
2014-05-26 1:40 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-05-26 1:47 ` Charles Philip Chan
[not found] <mailman.2088.1401056163.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-26 23:22 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-27 1:14 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-05-27 15:35 ` regcl
[not found] <mailman.2185.1401153598.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-27 3:03 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-27 4:16 ` Rusi
2014-05-27 17:39 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-05-29 21:55 ` Charles Philip Chan
[not found] ` <mailman.2481.1401400611.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-30 4:22 ` Rusi
2014-05-30 4:24 ` Rusi
2014-05-27 20:52 ` Robert Thorpe
[not found] <mailman.1727.1400661716.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-21 12:38 ` Hans BKK
2014-05-29 10:57 ` Hans BKK
2014-05-29 11:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-05-29 14:08 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-05-29 21:43 ` Charles Philip Chan
2014-05-29 15:37 ` James Freer
2014-05-29 15:46 ` James Freer
[not found] ` <mailman.2414.1401378376.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-29 18:59 ` Joost Kremers
2014-05-29 21:03 ` James Freer
2014-05-29 21:25 ` Charles Philip Chan
2014-05-29 22:55 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-01 21:55 ` Joost Kremers
2014-06-10 23:50 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-12 2:15 ` Joost Kremers
[not found] ` <mailman.2476.1401399043.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-29 23:00 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-06 8:17 ` Hans BKK
2014-06-06 13:53 ` Charles Philip Chan
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