From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rasmus Subject: Re: template for writing Emacs manuals in Org Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 09:35:32 +0200 Message-ID: <87futh6ssb.fsf@gmx.us> References: <87eg955clk.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87wpmt7u5i.fsf@gmx.us> <87a8jph6ry.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87inyd8gkl.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46604) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b2ZXd-0007ox-AT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2016 03:35:46 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b2ZXY-0003il-Ve for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2016 03:35:45 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:54394) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b2ZXY-0003iN-GK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2016 03:35:40 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1b2ZXX-0006XL-9L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2016 09:35:39 +0200 Received: from ip-178-203-233-67.hsi10.unitymediagroup.de ([178.203.233.67]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 17 May 2016 09:35:39 +0200 Received: from rasmus by ip-178-203-233-67.hsi10.unitymediagroup.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 17 May 2016 09:35:39 +0200 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" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Eric Abrahamsen writes: > What might be nice to have in contrib is an exporter derived from the > current texinfo exporter, but specifically set up for Gnu project > manuals: so it does the copyright header, and index macros, and maybe > even the proper DIR integration (?). Maybe a "GNU template" would be enough? (template as in C-e #). > I remember where I originally saw this: it was a long thread on > emacs.devel about moving documentation to HTML, which struck me as a > terrible idea. I think Org was raised as a way of lowering the barrier > to writing texinfo manuals for packages, so that we get the best of both > worlds: write in Org, read in Info. I think it would be a great idea to > facilitate that, if possible. There's a recap here: https://lwn.net/Articles/625072/ Rasmus -- To err is human. To screw up 10⁶ times per second, you need a computer