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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Org mode and Emacs
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:11:40 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v8cmnspf.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83fs3r1crm.fsf@gnu.org>

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> There is a single word "directives" in
>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/texinfo.git/plain/NEWS:
>> 
>>     . #line directives are recognized.
>
> Look for changes whose heading is "Language:".

I did, and in many cases Texinfo added things that are already available
in Org. Otherwise, these changes are not really that frequent. I do not
see much problem catching up.

>> I understand. However, new features are added to Texinfo for a reason.
>> If the same reason is valid for Org, equivalent features may be added.
>
> The reason why features are added to Texinfo is that those features
> are useful for writing software documentation.  After all, this is the
> main purpose of Texinfo.  So I cannot see how the same reasons could
> not be valid for Org -- assuming that Org wants to support writing
> software documentation, not just the Emacs manuals in their current
> form.

Org is different from Texinfo and certain things that are impossible
with Texinfo and require changing grammar are trivial in Org without
upstream changes. I really do not see the raised problem as real
problem.

To clarify, my stance on this idea with better support for authoring
software manuals is to be done in several stages:


   [ we are at this point now ]

1. Provide basic programmable constructs on Org syntax level. This is
   generally useful and should be done anyway for various reasons.
   
2. Use the programmable constructs as a basis for an optional library
   that will allow software manual-specific markup in Org, aiming for an
   equivalence of export output. This can be useful, at least, for
   people using Org to write README files.

   [ here, we may re-consider the whole idea and see if we should move
     further ]

3. Look into fine-tuning commands provided by Texinfo (like formatting
   and layout control) and see if they can (or should) be integrated
   into Org.

   [ the problem you describe is to be considered seriously here, and I
      do not see why it should be the show stopper ]

4. Look if people are interested to switch from Texinfo to Org.

5. Look about maintaining parity between Texinfo and Org.

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>



  reply	other threads:[~2023-09-07 11:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 211+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-25  2:52 Org mode and Emacs Payas Relekar
2022-09-25  6:35 ` Bastien
2022-09-25  7:05   ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-25  7:47     ` Bastien
2022-09-25  8:01       ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-25  8:22       ` Bastien Guerry
2022-09-25  8:01   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-25 19:47     ` Tim Cross
2022-09-26  6:12       ` Bastien
2022-09-26  6:35         ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-26  6:57           ` Bastien
2023-08-18 17:09             ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-18 18:31               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-18 18:49                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-18 19:11                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-18 19:31                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-19  5:51                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-19  9:04                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-19  9:26                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-19  9:44                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-19 10:19                               ` Po Lu
2023-08-19 10:47                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-19 10:48                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-19 10:42                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-19 10:54                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-21  1:12                             ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-21  7:56                               ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-23  2:12                   ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-23  9:44                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-23 11:01                       ` Colin Baxter
2023-08-23 11:12                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-23 12:49                           ` Po Lu
2023-08-23 17:18                             ` Colin Baxter
2023-08-23 17:47                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-23 18:02                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-23 18:08                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-23 18:18                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-23 18:36                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-23 18:46                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-23 18:50                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-25  1:11                             ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-23 16:53                           ` Colin Baxter
2023-08-23 17:56                             ` Tassilo Horn
2023-08-24 11:52                     ` Bastien Guerry
2023-08-24 17:51                       ` T.V Raman
2023-08-24 17:55                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-24 18:35                           ` T.V Raman
2023-08-25  1:16                         ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-25 11:45                           ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-25  1:14                       ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-25  9:04                         ` Bastien Guerry
2023-08-25 18:56                           ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-26 10:46                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-31  2:09                               ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-31  8:50                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-26  2:04                           ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-26  5:50                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-26 16:49                               ` Jose E. Marchesi
2023-08-26 16:56                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-26 20:28                                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-26 20:58                                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-30  8:11                                       ` Bastien Guerry
2023-08-27  1:32                                   ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-27  8:32                                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-28  1:32                                       ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-29  8:29                                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-01  1:18                                           ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-01  6:46                                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-04  1:32                                               ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-04 22:05                                                 ` Juergen Fenn
2023-09-05 11:04                                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-06  0:58                                                   ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-06 11:29                                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-06 12:33                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-06 12:43                                                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-06 12:49                                                       ` Po Lu
2023-09-06 12:54                                                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-06 13:04                                                           ` Po Lu
2023-09-06 13:10                                                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-06 13:33                                                               ` Po Lu
2023-09-06 15:28                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-06 13:08                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-06 13:20                                                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-06 15:25                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-06 16:12                                                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-06 16:34                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-07 11:11                                                                 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2023-09-10  0:22                                                                   ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-09  0:37                                                               ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-09  9:36                                                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-10  0:22                                                                   ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-09  0:38                                                   ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-30  8:11                                   ` Bastien Guerry
2023-09-02  1:50                                     ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-02  8:19                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-02  8:30                                       ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-08-27  1:32                                 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-27  8:35                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-28  1:32                                     ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-28 10:04                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-28 11:15                                         ` Yuri Khan
2023-08-28 11:21                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-31  2:09                                         ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-31  8:53                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-04  1:33                                             ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-30  8:14                                   ` Bastien Guerry
2023-08-30  8:32                                     ` Po Lu
2023-08-27  1:33                               ` Richard Stallman
2022-09-26  8:24           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-26  8:32           ` Jean Louis
2022-09-26  9:54             ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-26 11:04               ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-27 16:17               ` Richard Stallman
2022-09-30  3:41                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-26 12:10       ` Richard Stallman
2022-09-30  3:31         ` [HELP] Fwd: Org format as a new standard source format for GNU manuals Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-30  3:49           ` Samuel Wales
2022-09-30  5:47           ` Thomas S. Dye
2022-09-30  8:25           ` Christopher M. Miles
2022-09-30 12:49           ` Max Nikulin
2022-10-01  3:30             ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-10-01 10:42               ` Max Nikulin
2022-10-01 11:01                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-10-01 11:27                   ` Max Nikulin
2022-10-02  4:59                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-10-02 10:38                       ` Fraga, Eric
2022-10-02 13:02                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-10-02 13:21                           ` Fraga, Eric
2022-10-02 13:47                           ` Juan Manuel Macías
2022-10-03  4:23                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-10-04 20:28                               ` Juan Manuel Macías
2022-10-05  6:56                                 ` Rick Lupton
2022-10-06  3:39                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-10-02 16:28                       ` Max Nikulin
2022-10-03  4:36                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-10-04 16:32                           ` Max Nikulin
2022-10-06  5:55                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-30 20:36           ` Tim Cross
2022-10-01  4:08             ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-10-01  8:01               ` Tim Cross
2022-10-01 15:08               ` Max Nikulin
2022-10-03  4:19                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-10-07 22:48           ` Richard Stallman
2022-10-08  6:52             ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-10-08 22:34               ` Richard Stallman
2022-10-11  3:03                 ` Robert Weiner
2022-10-11 12:16                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-10-12 22:00                   ` Richard Stallman
2022-09-26  3:02   ` Org mode and Emacs Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-26  5:37     ` Po Lu
2022-09-26  5:44       ` Emanuel Berg
2022-09-26  6:20       ` Bastien Guerry
2022-09-26 13:58         ` T.V Raman
2022-09-26 16:16           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-26  6:36       ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-26  6:18     ` Bastien
2022-09-26  6:29       ` Ihor Radchenko
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2022-06-13  1:47 Org mode and Emacs (was: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package) Christopher Dimech
2022-06-13  2:47 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-13  5:04   ` Christopher Dimech
2022-06-13  5:22     ` Org mode and Emacs Werner LEMBERG
2022-06-13  5:59       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-04 17:27 Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package Alan Mackenzie
2022-06-05  8:38 ` Michael Albinus
2022-06-05  8:51   ` Po Lu
2022-06-05 10:26     ` Tassilo Horn
2022-06-05 11:15       ` Michael Albinus
2022-06-06  0:19         ` Tim Cross
2022-06-06 11:33           ` Alan Mackenzie
2022-06-06 13:57             ` Tim Cross
2022-06-06 16:02               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-07  6:14                 ` Tim Cross
2022-06-07 16:02                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2022-06-07 18:14                     ` Org mode and Emacs (was: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package) Stefan Monnier
2022-06-07 18:26                       ` Org mode and Emacs Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-07 18:48                         ` Stefan Monnier
2022-06-07 18:54                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-07 19:38                             ` Stefan Monnier
2022-06-07 20:54                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-07 22:10                       ` Org mode and Emacs (was: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package) Tim Cross
2022-06-08  6:06                         ` Org mode and Emacs Visuwesh
2022-06-08  6:58                           ` Tim Cross
2022-06-09 22:31                         ` Org mode and Emacs (was: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package) Richard Stallman
2022-06-09 23:10                           ` Tim Cross
2022-06-10  5:59                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-10  6:20                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-10  6:44                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-11  4:49                                   ` Tim Cross
2022-06-11  6:58                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-12  9:05                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-12  9:18                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-12 10:04                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-12 10:15                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-12 10:38                                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-12 14:36                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-12 15:31                                                   ` Org mode and Emacs Colin Baxter
2022-06-15  5:19                                                   ` Org mode and Emacs (was: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package) Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-15  6:46                                                     ` Org mode and Emacs David Engster
2022-06-15  7:36                                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-15 13:01                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-16  5:36                                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-16  5:58                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-16  9:55                                                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-15 13:34                                                         ` David Engster
2022-06-16  6:50                                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-16 10:21                                                             ` David Engster
2022-06-15 12:50                                                     ` Org mode and Emacs (was: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package) Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-16  7:03                                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-16  8:13                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-16 11:12                                                           ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-06-16 12:58                                                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-16 16:59                                                               ` Org mode and Emacs Stefan Monnier
2022-06-16  3:19                                                     ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-06-16  4:03                                                       ` Visuwesh
2022-09-25  2:14                                                   ` Bastien
2022-06-12 22:38                                       ` Org mode and Emacs (was: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package) Richard Stallman
2022-06-13  4:38                                         ` Org mode and Emacs Werner LEMBERG
2022-06-12  0:42                                     ` Org mode and Emacs (was: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package) Richard Stallman
2022-06-12  1:27                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-12 22:38                                         ` Richard Stallman
2022-06-14 13:18                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-14 13:38                                             ` Org mode and Emacs Robert Pluim
2022-06-12  0:42                             ` Org mode and Emacs (was: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package) Richard Stallman
2022-06-12  1:39                               ` Tim Cross
2022-06-12  2:40                                 ` Org mode and Emacs T.V Raman
2022-06-12  1:45                               ` Po Lu
2022-06-12  2:15                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-12  2:36                                   ` David Masterson
2022-06-12  3:06                                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-12  3:39                                       ` David Masterson
2022-06-12  4:43                                         ` Tim Cross
2022-06-12  5:08                                           ` Po Lu
2022-06-12  5:20                                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-12  5:27                                             ` Tim Cross
2022-06-12  5:53                                           ` David Masterson
2022-06-12  6:56                                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-12 18:29                                               ` David Masterson
2022-06-14  5:09                                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-19 23:48                                                   ` David Masterson
2022-06-20  0:03                                                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-20  0:24                                                       ` David Masterson
2022-06-12  3:28                                     ` Tim Cross
2022-06-12  2:50                                   ` Po Lu
2022-06-12  3:54                                     ` chad
2022-06-12  5:04                                       ` Po Lu
2022-06-12  7:02                                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-12 22:38                                         ` Richard Stallman
2022-06-12 22:38                                         ` Richard Stallman
2022-06-12  6:21                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-12  6:57                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-08 13:22                       ` Org mode and Emacs (was: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package) Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-08 14:23                         ` Org mode and Emacs Stefan Monnier
2022-06-08 15:08                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-06-12 22:38                           ` Richard Stallman

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