From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: suvayu ali Subject: Re: README.org on github Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 17:54:39 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4FB698BC.9040602@gmail.com> <87likoaai6.fsf@gnu.org> <4FB9FF0D.7010902@gmail.com> <87obphwtlp.fsf@goochesa.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:41794) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SWrQZ-0003tl-FI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 May 2012 11:55:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SWrQN-0002mR-95 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 May 2012 11:55:15 -0400 Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:41925) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SWrQN-0002jE-1m for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 May 2012 11:55:03 -0400 Received: by obbwd18 with SMTP id wd18so12490947obb.0 for ; Tue, 22 May 2012 08:55:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87obphwtlp.fsf@goochesa.de> 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: Tom Regner Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Tom, On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Tom Regner wrote: > Hi, > > suvayu ali writes: > >> I see source blocks formated as example blocks. Is that the same as you >> are seeing? If so, I wouldn't call that support for source blocks. I >> would expect to see syntax highlighting like pure source files on >> GitHub. > > org-ruby is in it's current form not capable to do that, but it's > currently actively developed [fn:1] (maybe not for org-mode standards :-D, the last > commit was 8 days ago) and there are a few items on the todo list. > > And all shortcomings aside, an update on github/markups side would at > least make the usage of org-documents on github bearable. > Sorry if my comments seemed like a complaint/gripe. When an org-mode user says, "feature bla" is supported they usually mean the whole thing, with all the bells and whistles (e.g. source block would imply with syntax highlighting). So I just wanted to clarify it was incorrect to say "source blocks are supported". > Only sufficient demand for org-documents will foster betterment I guess. > Yes I realise that. I have never interacted with GitHub staff for feature requests. Being a long time org-mode user (post-6.33, that's ages in org years :-p), maybe I should give that a try. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.