Re: Saving markup formats

[Oliver Scholz <alkibiades@gmx.de>]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>     This is a very bad thing; a _reliable_ word
>     processor---as opposed to an unreliable hack---shouldn't make any
>     changes to the logical structure of a document unless explicitly
>     ordered to do it.
>
> I reject that position (as well as the gratuitous insult tacked onto
> it)

It was not meant as an insult; by "unreliable hack" I was refering to
my own first implementation. Of course, I was also referring to a
general implementation strategy, still "insult" seems a bit strong.

I'll try to refrain from further discussing this issue. I have to
admit that from memory I can't think of any case where the approach
you describe would fail with RTF---at least with the help of markup
text in a buffer. My personal opinions are of no concern here.


    Oliver
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