From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ivy Foster Subject: Re: are super-hidden technical blocks required? Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:42:59 -0400 Message-ID: <20120730144259.GA1017@nausicaa.localdomain> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44708) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SvrIY-0003QS-Tw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:50:22 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SvrIQ-0001cm-RU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:50:18 -0400 Received: from mail-vb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.212.41]:63824) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SvrIQ-0001cW-No for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:50:10 -0400 Received: by vbkv13 with SMTP id v13so5321407vbk.0 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 07:50:09 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Torsten Wagner Cc: Org Mode Mailing List On 30 Jul 2012, at 11:26 am +0900, Torsten Wagner wrote: > Hi, Hi, > [Because of the problems of syncing and interaction with > third-party programs] I was wondering if it would be time > to switch org-mode from text to some sort of XML. I mostly lurk on this list, but reading the preceding proposal I figured I should note that, as a user, one of the key features of org-mode is its lovely simplicity of syntax and interface. If I really wanted to keep my files in hand-hacked or generated XML, I could, but I'd much rather keep 'em in, well, org (-: . > Would it help [alleviate the problem of property-blocks > containing mixed user & technical data] to introduce a > technical-property block which only contains information > intend to be used by other programs and parsers? Sounds like an interesting idea. > This blocks could be hidden under all normal means unlike > really someone want to see them and hit a special > key-combo. Hmm, personally I'd rather have it visible but clearly labeled. Transparency is nearly always a good thing. It's great that you're thinking about this stuff, and I'll look forward to seeing where these ideas go. Cheers, iff