From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
Cc: "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.online>, Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>,
emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc/org-manual.org (Summary): Clarify the Org markup is human-readable
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2024 13:00:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r0iya7wy.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZZUSMoCAtoqsq5XV@lco.syogm.com>
Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:
> In my opinion, it's not that Org was intentionally designed to be
> "lightweight markup readable for humans"; rather, it was maintained in
> a manner that focused on preserving its readability and prevented it
> from evolving into something less comprehensible.
The point of my patch is not to show history of Org markup. Rather to
guide the future direction - if we ever add new or change the existing
Org syntax, readability is one of the design guidelines we should follow
(IMHO). Stating it explicitly in the manual will make this guidelines
explicit.
--
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-03 12:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-31 15:24 [PATCH] doc/org-manual.org (Summary): Clarify the Org markup is human-readable Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-02 5:24 ` Thomas S. Dye
2024-01-03 7:52 ` Jean Louis
2024-01-03 12:36 ` Bastien Guerry
2024-01-03 13:00 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2024-01-02 22:47 ` Matt
2024-01-03 13:44 ` Comments on Summary section of Org manual (was: [PATCH] doc/org-manual.org (Summary): Clarify the Org markup is human-readable) Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-03 20:43 ` Matt
2024-01-05 13:17 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-05 13:06 ` [PATCH v2] doc/org-manual.org (Summary): Clarify the Org markup is human-readable Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-06 10:31 ` Matt
2024-01-06 12:55 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-06 12:56 ` Matt
2024-02-01 12:16 ` Ihor Radchenko
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