Re: [O] Proposal for new/updated exporter tutorials on Worg

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi John,

these are all excellent ideas, thank you for making the start to a systematic 
way to put this kind of information onto Worg.  If you have time to make a 
template, I am sure this would be appreciated.

- Carsten

On 28 mrt. 2013, at 05:51, John Hendy <address@hidden> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> 
> I just pushed a changed to the 8.0 upgrade guide (scroll all the way
> to the bottom):
> - http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html
> 
> It features a table similar to that of the Babel languages:
> - http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages.html
> 
> It simply lists the exporters Org offers, their .el location with
> respect to Org directory (either in ./lisp/ox-* or
> ./contrib/lisp/ox-*) and a column for what I hope will turn into links
> to updated exporter tutorials/detailed documentation similar to what
> exists for Org Babel. Currently, Org exporter tutorials are spread
> between =worg.git/org-tutorials= and =worg.git/exporters=. It looks
> like the most up to date have started settling in
> =worg.git/exporters=; what does the list think about deciding to stick
> with that as the home for all new ox-* related documentation on Worg?
> 
> I'd propose they simply be titled according to the new names,
> =worg.git/exporters/ox-*=.
> 
> I'm happy to help with a template (probably just porting
> ob-doc-template to ox-template or something like that). I think the
> Babel table is great; perhaps after Org-8.0 actually launches, the new
> exporters could receive a similar "landing page"
> (=worg.git/exporters/ox-summary= or similar) where that table could
> reside and be updated as the new platform grows.
> 
> Individuals could contribute and add links at the table they can. I
> think getting placeholders created for each exporter in the very near
> future (which I also volunteer to do) will be really helpful as the
> official shift to 8.0 happens. It will lower the barrier to entry for
> getting information out of the mailing list and into Worg (I
> anticipate lots more questions as infrequent upgraders/non-git users
> migrate over).
> 
> 
> Thanks for any comments/suggestions!
> John
>