From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Org mode manual written in? texinfo? Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:55:04 +0200 Message-ID: <00D9DE9F-96BE-4B53-898B-4BF3724D4899@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=47804 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Oq3tH-00071C-Fq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:55:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oq3tG-0006Uk-9x for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:55:11 -0400 Received: from postduif.ic.uva.nl ([145.18.40.180]:51639) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oq3tG-0006UO-0r for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:55:10 -0400 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gustav_Wikstr=F6m?= Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Aug 29, 2010, at 9:12 PM, Gustav Wikstr=F6m wrote: > I was just wondering... Is the manual written in texinfo markup, or =20= > is there some obscure .org file behind the manual still? > > If it really is written in texinfo, is this not a shortcoming? Org =20 > mode is capable of generating html and pdf etc. Why not use it for =20 > the manual then to set the example and show its powers!? Org-mode is currently not able to produce TeXInfo, which is the =20 standard for Emacs documentation. Also TeXInfo has support for lots =20 of indices etc. - Carsten