From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) Subject: Re: [RFC] Move ox-koma-letter into core? Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 07:37:36 -1000 Message-ID: References: <878uueciku.fsf@gmail.com> <55F46D73-2430-4831-ABE9-D66AE03647E7@gmail.com> <874n50cdnu.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87fvo91ogy.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <874n4mevxx.fsf@gmail.com> <87iot26g40.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <878utn1a7q.fsf@gmail.com> <871tzf9p2g.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87wqh6zw8t.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47209) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBpNB-0002Bn-4O for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2014 12:37:59 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBpN0-0003dw-G4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2014 12:37:53 -0500 Received: from alt-proxy28.mail.unifiedlayer.com ([74.220.216.123]:38492) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBpN0-0003da-8c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2014 12:37:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87wqh6zw8t.fsf@gmail.com> (Nicolas Goaziou's message of "Fri, 07 Feb 2014 18:08:18 +0100") 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: Bastien , Alan Schmitt , Org Mode List , Carsten Dominik Aloha all, Nicolas Goaziou writes: > Bastien writes: > >> To get Emacs core maintainers opinions on this and clarify if we can >> expand Org features at will or if they want to be control that >> somehow. > > AFAICT, we never asked Emacs maintainers before adding a feature to Org, > and I don't think the number of export targets in core grew > exponentially lately. > > Also, I don't see why Emacs maintainers would want to limit features > provided in an Emacs library, as long as it doesn't impedes GNU goals > and copyright issues are sorted out (which is not yet the case of the > file we're talking about). > >> That's different: supporting as many programming languages is a core >> feature of Babel, while supporting as many export target as possible >> should not be a core feature of Emacs IMO, it should stay as a nice >> facility of the Org ecosystem. >> >> The second part of the paragraph above ("while...") is where I'd be >> interested to hear about what Emacs core maintainers think. > > Sorry, I cannot understand this argument, since the target is a "tex" > file, and we already export to "tex" files. > >> If you're fine with this, I'll raise the topic on both emacs-devel >> and this list. > > I suggested this idea because I thought it was a good one. The very fact > that we're still discussing it proves that it isn't as obvious as > I initially thought. That's fine with me. > > I will not insist anymore on this topic. IMO, it would be nice if a lightweight markup language like Org supported sophisticated letter writing out of the box. All the best, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com