From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Differences between Org-Mode and Hyperbole Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 06:21:08 +0200 Message-ID: <877fczbdmz.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <87h9cdmj6t.fsf@delle7240.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <87eg7f13re.fsf@delle7240.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1467778924 3250 80.91.229.3 (6 Jul 2016 04:22:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 04:22:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kaushal.modi@gmail.com, rswgnu@gmail.com, e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 06 06:21:57 2016 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 1bKeLU-0000eg-9g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2016 06:21:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59185 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bKeLT-0006Nv-7D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:21:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41187) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bKeKw-0006Nf-0b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:21:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bKeKr-00081w-Tk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:21:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([2a01:5e00:2:52::8]:48591) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bKeKr-00081s-Ic; Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:21:17 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD3CA17B8C; Wed, 6 Jul 2016 06:21:06 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id roa9mB-UcV19; Wed, 6 Jul 2016 06:21:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (98-171.echostar.pl [213.156.98.171]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 832E217B8B; Wed, 6 Jul 2016 06:21:03 +0200 (CEST) User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 25.1.50.3 In-reply-to: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2a01:5e00:2:52::8 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:205231 Archived-At: On 2016-07-06, at 00:59, Richard Stallman wrote: > > =E2=80=8BOrg mode is part markup language and some of this markup i= s used when > > exporting org mode files into different formats like HTML and PDF f= or all > > the reasons those formats are used by anyone, just like you would w= ith a > > Texinfo file. > > Why would you want to convert a todo list into HTML or PDF? > I just don't see the utility. I do this regularly (to PDF, not HTML) so that I can print it out with LaTeX. > I think that editing todo lists should be an orthogonal feature from > markup/export. That way, you could use both features together in one > file (which is what you're thinking about), but you could also use > (and learn) just one of the features. You _can_ do it both ways. You can use Org-mode for authoring (and exporting to a variety of formats) knowing _nothing_ about managing TODO lists in Org, and vice versa. Best, --=20 Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University