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From: "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Moving "manual.org" into core
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 07:41:47 -1000
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Nicolas Goaziou writes:

> Hello,
>
> "manual.org" was updated a month ago, and, so far, nobody 
> complained
> about it. So, I think it's a good time to discuss about what 
> could be
> done next.
>
> The first obvious step is to move the file into "doc/" 
> directory. Then
> I assume we could delete "org.texi" and "org.info" there and 
> generate
> new ones from the Org file. For example, the following command, 
> called
> from the "manual.org" file,
>
>     (let ((org-texinfo-logfiles-extensions
>            (cons "texi" org-texinfo-logfiles-extensions)))
>       (org-texinfo-export-to-info))
>
> produces an "org.info" file without an "org.texi". It thus 
> prevents
> direct editing of "org.texi". I assume this could be called by 
> "make
> info" target.
>
> So basically, the idea would be to not provide anymore an 
> "org.texi"
> file. Only "manual.org" and "org.info". Emacs developers already 
> apply
> fixes to ORG-NEWS, which is a plain Org file, so I guess it 
> would not
> make their life harder if "manual.org" replaces "org.texi".
>
> WDYT?

+1

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