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* Status of syntax specification
@ 2020-05-17  9:54 Gerry Agbobada
  2020-05-18 13:55 ` Nicolas Goaziou
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Gerry Agbobada @ 2020-05-17  9:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

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Hello,

I found on Worg a "draft" for org syntax description : https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html

Do you think this paper marked as draft is good enough to use as a source to make a parser ?  <https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html>
I think it'd be nice to try to finalize this ; but I don't know who to contact to see how I can help
 if I know almost nothing about standards and technical writing.


Best regards,
Gerry Agbobada

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• * Re: Status of syntax specification
    2020-05-17  9:54 Status of syntax specification Gerry Agbobada
  @ 2020-05-18 13:55 ` Nicolas Goaziou
    2020-05-19  8:44   ` Gerry Agbobada
    0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
  From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2020-05-18 13:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
    To: Gerry Agbobada; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
  
  Hello,
  
  "Gerry Agbobada" <gerry@gagbo.net> writes:
  
  > I found on Worg a "draft" for org syntax description : https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html
  >
  > Do you think this paper marked as draft is good enough to use as
  > a source to make a parser ?
  
  It is "good enough", but possibly slightly inaccurate at some points.
  
  It would need proof reading, and comparing with "org-element.el", the
  actual implementation of the syntax. Formalization may be better better,
  too.
  
  > I think it'd be nice to try to finalize this ; but I don't know who to contact to see how I can help
  > if I know almost nothing about standards and technical writing.
  
  Reading it and comparing with documentation might help.
  
  Regards,
  
  -- 
  Nicolas Goaziou
  
  
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• • * Re: Status of syntax specification
      2020-05-18 13:55 ` Nicolas Goaziou
    @ 2020-05-19  8:44   ` Gerry Agbobada
      0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
    From: Gerry Agbobada @ 2020-05-19  8:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
      To: Nicolas Goaziou; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
    
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    > It would need proof reading, and comparing with "org-element.el", the
    > actual implementation of the syntax. Formalization may be better better,
    > too.
    
    I didn't know that there was a single point of entry to parse elements. I think my first step will be to try to write spec tests in elisp then. Hopefully I can cover most cases in the draft, and then see if org-element returns the tree that I expect for a cursor in various positions.
    
    Spec tests should use ERT too right ? If I try to write those, I might as well make them in a suitable way for integration in org-mode codebase.
    
    Thanks for the draft at least, it is a very helpful kickstart !
    
    
    Gerry Agbobada
    
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