Re: Sv: Sv: Modularizing Org as GSoC project (was: New Emacs features via Google Summer of Code (or other similar stipend schemes) (was: as for Calc and the math library))

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

arthur miller <arthur.miller@live.com> writes:

>>> Well, part of it. Or more to make some parts of org-markup configurable, and
>>> usable as minor modes so they can be easier used outside of org-mode.
>>
>>This is not the direction Org mode project is going. We do the reverse -
>>Org markup is getting more stable, with the aim to simplify developing
>>third-party parsers and eventually registering Org syntax in IANA MIME db.
>
> I am not subscribed to mailing lists due to lots of trafic going on there, so I
> am not overly introduced in directions in which org goes, so forgive me if I am
> not so familiar with the latest features.

Sorry, I did not intend my comment to sound personal. I just explained
why configurable markup is not something I see as a good idea.

> Well, yes something like that; make features available outside of org-mode, and
> make org-mode use those features instead of having everything in a monolithical
> library.
> ...

To conclude, we may use these ideas for GSoC projects, but maybe
separately. I doubt that "modularizing" in general would be a reasonable
task to finish within summer.

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