From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luis Anaya Subject: Re: Org mode export to Groff MM. Feature Freeze Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:06:50 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87a9yy664p.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45056) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sr8Qd-0006ru-94 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:07:14 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sr8QX-0005Bl-FC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:07:07 -0400 Received: from blu0-omc1-s35.blu0.hotmail.com ([65.55.116.46]:6060) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sr8QX-0005Bg-BP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:07:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87a9yy664p.fsf@gmail.com> (Nicolas Goaziou's message of "Tue\, 17 Jul 2012 12\:20\:38 +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-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Nicolas Goaziou Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Nicolas Goaziou writes: Hi: > > An advantage of the new export engine is that a back-end can be as > simple as you want it to be. This is correct; you bring a good point. > One can imagine specialized back-ends only rendering a limited set of > Org features. As long as the set is explicitly documented in the > back-end, there's nothing wrong with that. Agreed. But, there's more to the story. I started dabbling with muse this morning at 4:00 AM (because that's the best time to play with emacs, just after the ghosts go to bed :) ). I got a fairly modest version running in muse that created a fairly believable man page. I realized some things during the experiment: 1. Although the subset of MAN macros is small for the creation of man pages, there are things that can be done procedurally during export that can enhance the look of the man page. The new Org backend makes this task a lot easier because of its flexibility and the availability of all data items through the "info" variable. The POD to man page does that, no reason why it cannot be done in Org. 2. The ability to render source code, or the execution of embedded code, would have a positive impact on the end result. I can work on a prototype on Org and see how it goes. -- Luis Anaya papo anaya aroba hot mail punto com "Do not use 100 words if you can say it in 10" - Yamamoto Tsunetomo