* Status of syntax specification
@ 2020-05-17 9:54 Gerry Agbobada
2020-05-18 13:55 ` Nicolas Goaziou
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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
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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
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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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