Re: [O] Emacs-orgmode Digest, Vol 131, Issue 15

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> From: Kaushal Modi <address@hidden>
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> Subject: [O] Hopes of making orgmanual.org the official manual?
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> Hello all,
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> Are there plans to have the orgmanual.org (
> http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/tree/contrib/orgmanual.org)
> completely replace the texinfo version at some point?
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> I believe that orgmanual.org was synchronized with the texinfo version when
> it was checked in. But I fear that if this switching to org manual step is
> delayed, there might not be enough motivation to keep orgmanual.org
> maintained.
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> Kaushal Modi
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> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:51:57 +0100
> From: Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden>
> To: Kaushal Modi <address@hidden>
> Cc: emacs-org list <address@hidden>,  Bastien Guerry
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> Subject: Re: [O] Hopes of making orgmanual.org the official manual?
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> Hello,
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> Kaushal Modi <address@hidden> writes:
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>> Are there plans to have the orgmanual.org (
>> http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/tree/contrib/orgmanual.org)
>> completely replace the texinfo version at some point?
>
> The first step is to have orgmanual.org generate org.texi. We're not
> there yet because there is no 1:1 correspondence between constructs used
> in org.texi and Org syntax.
>
>> I believe that orgmanual.org was synchronized with the texinfo version
>> when it was checked in.
>
> No, it wasn't even compiling when it landed in contrib/. Now, it exports
> correctly. The process is slow, though, due to the sheer number of
> macros (900+) and some code blocks at the end that can be removed.
>
>> But I fear that if this switching to org manual step is
>> delayed, there might not be enough motivation to keep orgmanual.org
>> maintained.
>
> Note that orgmanual.org is not maintained so far. A starting point would
> be to try to update a small part of the manual and report what is
> missing in "ox-texinfo.el".
>
> As a side note, I think we could use some free (i.e., noop in
> "ox-texinfo.el") emphasis markers, e.g. "+...+", for additional syntax,
> e.g., @key{...}, or @kbd{...}.
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> Regards,
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> Nicolas Goaziou
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would love orgmode.org as manual. org manual in org!!


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