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From: "Juan Manuel Macías" <maciaschain@posteo.net>
To: Russell Adams <RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.Com>
Cc: orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Concrete suggestions to improve Org mode third-party integration :: an afterthought following Karl Voit's Orgdown proposal
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 05:57:42 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878rwyi8bt.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Ya1KQwxzM+WiQ8dZ@maokai> (Russell Adams's message of "Mon, 6 Dec 2021 00:24:51 +0100")

Russell Adams writes:

> What makes Org dramatically different is the editing experience in
> Emacs. Collapsing the outline, filtering on metadata, exports, agenda,
> etc. Those are Emacs features, not specific to the actual markup
> format.
>
> My impression is we already have stretched our resources thin trying
> to maintain Org. Pushing to provide compatibility with non-Emacs tools
> seems a poor use of their time, and rude to ask of them.
>
> If non-Emacs users and coders want to use Org formatted files, they
> are free to spend their time customizing their tools to make it
> work. If the Org project owes anything to anyone, it's a consistent
> experience for the users who have used Org for years. Not changes to
> satisfy potential users or follow trendy fads.
>
> My experience has been that Org's markup is so simple and could be
> summarized in a few lines. Anything more complex enters the territory
> of Emacs only features (ie: drawers. exports, view control, source
> blocks, reporting). Those are unlikely to be portable, so we're back
> to "use Emacs".

I think that I cannot agree more with this. Org Mode is GNU Emacs, and
the magic of Org Mode is the magic of GNU Emacs. That's why I insist
that going to Org means going to Emacs.

Best regards,

Juan Manuel 


  reply	other threads:[~2021-12-06  5:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-05  7:35 Concrete suggestions to improve Org mode third-party integration :: an afterthought following Karl Voit's Orgdown proposal Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-05  9:16 ` Juan Manuel Macías
2021-12-05 10:24   ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-05 11:08     ` Juan Manuel Macías
2021-12-05 11:54       ` Heinz Tuechler
2021-12-05 12:08       ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-05 13:32         ` Tim Cross
2021-12-05 13:52           ` Bruce D'Arcus
2021-12-05 22:20             ` Tim Cross
2021-12-05 14:30           ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-05 22:39             ` Tim Cross
2021-12-08 13:47               ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-08 14:39                 ` Tim Cross
2021-12-08 16:16                   ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2021-12-08 17:07                     ` Russell Adams
2021-12-08 19:22                       ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2021-12-08 20:14                         ` Russell Adams
2021-12-08 21:50                           ` Tim Cross
2021-12-09  8:12                             ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2021-12-08 21:25                         ` Tim Cross
2021-12-09  8:07                           ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2021-12-09  8:36                             ` Timothy
2021-12-09  9:18                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-09 10:46                     ` Eric S Fraga
2021-12-09 15:21                       ` Russell Adams
2021-12-09 16:25                         ` Eric S Fraga
2021-12-09 21:15                           ` Samuel Wales
2021-12-09 23:27                         ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2021-12-10  2:42                           ` Tim Cross
2021-12-10  6:08                             ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2021-12-11 10:03                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-11 21:19                     ` Tim Cross
2021-12-06 19:41             ` Karl Voit
2021-12-05 18:59         ` Juan Manuel Macías
2021-12-05 23:24           ` Russell Adams
2021-12-06  5:57             ` Juan Manuel Macías [this message]
2021-12-06  6:02               ` Timothy
2021-12-06  7:24                 ` Juan Manuel Macías
2021-12-06 10:04                   ` Greg Minshall
2021-12-06 14:59                     ` Juan Manuel Macías
2021-12-06 17:59                       ` Tom Gillespie
2021-12-06 18:25                         ` M. ‘quintus’ Gülker
2021-12-06 18:42                           ` Russell Adams
2021-12-06 18:47                             ` Timothy
2021-12-06 19:28                               ` Russell Adams
2021-12-06 19:34                                 ` Timothy
2021-12-06 18:30                         ` Russell Adams
2021-12-06 19:10                         ` Gerry Agbobada
2021-12-08 12:56                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-06 10:08         ` Greg Minshall
2021-12-06 19:45         ` Karl Voit
2021-12-07 11:08           ` Vincent Breton
2021-12-08 13:13             ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-08 13:30           ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-05 13:06   ` Tim Cross
2021-12-05 14:55     ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-05 18:54 ` Timothy
2021-12-06 11:08 ` Max Nikulin
2021-12-06 18:43 ` Russell Adams

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