From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jacek Generowicz Subject: Re: Some thoughts on MobileOrg and its development .... Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:17:53 +0200 Message-ID: <8761hvs7ce.fsf@cern.ch> References: <87a97e1mp3.fsf@gmail.com> <87fvh6rte3.fsf@cern.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43230) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHs7x-0000Dr-Ey for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 06:19:31 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHs7r-0004LQ-E6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 06:19:25 -0400 Received: from cernmx11.cern.ch ([188.184.36.50]:14092) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHs7r-0004LI-7j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 06:19:19 -0400 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: Sean Escriva Cc: Alexis , emacs-orgmode Sean Escriva writes: >>> https://cordova.apache.org/ >> http://kivy.org > From the little experience I have with them, cross platform frameworks > do suffer from a loss of fidelity compared to native applications but > as mentioned that may be an acceptable trade off. We are talking about interfacing to org-mode, an Emacs mode: I don't think that the target audience is one which excessively values platform-specific look-and-feel and has an insurmountable aversion to idiosyncratic interfaces :-) > There's tons of options for possible paths here Do you have a decent resource for seeking them out? I found good ones surprisingly difficult to find. > (even https://wukix.com/mocl for fellow LISPers) but the key in my > mind is to support a community of contributors. Yes, I almost mentioned Mocl along with Kivy, but two things stopped me: + Mocl is not free, which will not help increase the number of contributors, + I get the feeling that the average org-mode user is even less Lispy than your average Emacs user, Elisp notwithstanding. >>> Unfortunately, due to other existing commitments, i wouldn't be able >>> to take point on such a reboot. >> >> The dreamer in me thinks this might be the itch-to-scratch that finally >> motivates me to getting to grips with Kivy; the realist in me is pretty >> certain that I fall into the same category as you. > > Realistically this is the issue in most cases, plenty of well meaning > help but not a lot of time to do anything. Life gets in the way. For me, after life getting in the way, by far the biggest barrier to contribution is the platform-specificity of the projects: I simply can't be bothered to even think about contributing to something which only be useful to "half" the potential users.