From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs as word processor / Text Properties Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:20:26 +0530 Message-ID: <8761rb66rx.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87vbzqfgd6.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <83vbzkcx20.fsf@gnu.org> <83d2lrczi7.fsf@gnu.org> <8338mmcsd9.fsf@gnu.org> <83txf1blf2.fsf@gnu.org> <87txf133yd.fsf@zigzag.favinet> <83r4a5bj5x.fsf@gnu.org> <87mwktdy6r.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <83iovhb0ez.fsf@gnu.org> <87k3fxdpmg.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <837gbwbcsx.fsf@gnu.org> <87d2lnevq7.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87ob57rlkb.fsf_-_@informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1385707901 22317 80.91.229.3 (29 Nov 2013 06:51:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 06:51:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Pascal J. Bourguignon" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "T.V. Raman" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 29 07:51:46 2013 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 1VmHvS-0002td-RB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 07:51:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45695 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VmHvS-0003kN-FV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 01:51:42 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43872) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VmHvH-0003k4-6U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 01:51:39 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VmHv8-0003vq-Ph for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 01:51:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pb0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::230]:46533) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VmHv8-0003ut-IS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 01:51:22 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pb0-f48.google.com with SMTP id md12so13720918pbc.7 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2013 22:51:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=qFlqX4V+zluNVLQro9PZ+2Z6h/p/93dX1Rtam/0RqBs=; b=vKi5EzKmE11Uerv/k+lGcj+czGmW/YaZBTsGgtlGq0+Mu+EPrIJv4tvl+Dec+5vV2f gP+QWt8VRcXbhCQG9bfqpk+n/fChZaPW5CqwInPltuMLraDU7g8U4NuWstb+XkHkt+XF VyqdNxG8ss8vzKOsXqj3o3Ri05wBnam47qYh+dOQ5RhwUgsO1VkVXa5cTKak2l/rGYv6 aDlZUPKBgsQxznubEjH6fZbeX/EsD51F8CvolGtXpIA/xwE05arimLt00F8Qgi5QwbF4 Dme9EzJrrYMKgSuIc9o35eNdwuQGK5jwYLFhdLivZ8Z3GfOpmP7cx0slkQRZryqs2SAK HGPg== X-Received: by 10.66.162.167 with SMTP id yb7mr51277439pab.16.1385707881240; Thu, 28 Nov 2013 22:51:21 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from debian-6.05 ([101.63.226.171]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ka3sm99771935pbc.32.2013.11.28.22.51.17 for (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 28 Nov 2013 22:51:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (T. V. Raman's message of "Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:26:29 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c01::230 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:165851 Archived-At: "T.V. Raman" writes: > All that said, *every* known WYSWYG word-processor also degrades to > using a dump of its internal data structures as its file format. Dis-regarding Org-mode, is like dis-regarding elephant in the room. The proposed word-processing mode MAY or MUST save to or import from Org-mode format. (Org-mode is indeed a storage format) LibreOffice has a configuration option whereby one can configure the default format for saving. In an Ideal World, I should be able to edit in Word-processing mode but save it in Org-mode. What this means that "Text markup" like *, / etc and directives like "#+BEGIN_" etc are implicitly specified (and hence hidden from the user) and honored on read-in and write-out.