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Re: [HELP] Fwd: Org format as a new standard source format for GNU manua


From: Robert Weiner
Subject: Re: [HELP] Fwd: Org format as a new standard source format for GNU manuals
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 23:03:52 -0400

I would just like to point out that anyone familiar with writing a 
Texinfo-format manual who wants to combine this with Org mode would likely just 
want to embed Org constructs, like Org tables in the manual; not to use Org as 
a formatter that exports individual source blocks to form a Texinfo manual 
(literate programming style).  This is because their focus while writing will 
be on the manual and its formatting, not on Org markup that exports to another 
markup.

I hope this is considered in your strategy.

-- rsw

> On Oct 8, 2022, at 6:38 PM, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
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>> The latter. We currently need a new syntax element that will allow all
>> the things available in Texinfo markup syntax.
> 
>> We have decided that we do need such new syntax. We are discussing how
>> the new syntax will look like. We will implement the syntax in future.
>> Once implemented, the new syntax will open the road to add Texinfo
>> markup structures into Org export backends.
> 
> I'm glad you are working on this.
> 
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