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From: Will Pierce <pierwill@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] org-manual: revise markup section intro
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 21:52:04 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAF-DrMj09XPUKQuR6dToumyjXNEfb4wqa0N+XyA93=E2jV-C-g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)


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This patch revises the markup section's introductory paragraph to read more
smoothly.

I'll be slowly working the manual!

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From c783304ea6878539b6ed804235ef6df5d204aebb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pierwill <19642016+pierwill@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 21:38:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] org-manual: revise markup section intro

* also fix typo (s/conjuction/conjunction)
---
 doc/org-manual.org | 15 +++++++--------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index d4e82002f..8ebb87e65 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -10539,14 +10539,13 @@ environment.  This causes the following issues:
 :DESCRIPTION: Compose beautiful documents.
 :END:
 
-As you could tell so far, Org is primarily about organizing and
-searching through your notes.  However, it also provides a lightweight
-markup language that allows a rich formatting for those.  You may want
-to center, or emphasize, text.  You may need to insert a formula or
-a picture within your writings.  There is some syntax for all of this.
-Used in conjuction with the export framework (see [[*Exporting]]), you can
-author appealing documents, like the fine manual you are currently
-reading!
+Org is primarily about organizing and searching through your plain-text
+notes. However, it also provides a lightweight yet robust markup language
+for rich text formatting and more. For instance, you may want to center
+or emphasize text. Or you may need to insert a formula or image in your
+writing. Org offers syntax for all of this and more. Used in conjunction
+with the export framework (see [[*Exporting]]), you can author beautiful
+documents in Org---like the fine manual you are currently reading.
 
 ** Paragraphs
 :PROPERTIES:
-- 
2.18.0


             reply	other threads:[~2018-08-25  2:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-08-25  2:52 Will Pierce [this message]
2018-08-27  8:53 ` [PATCH] org-manual: revise markup section intro Nicolas Goaziou

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