From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Koch Subject: org the program vs. org the format Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:00:20 +0100 Message-ID: <1595178.LtFOMbouyD@x121e> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51638) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy6M6-0002wU-6g for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:00:42 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy6Ly-00082J-HF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:00:34 -0500 Received: from mx2.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.215]:38360) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy6Ly-00082D-AN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:00:26 -0500 Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org (smtp1.mailbox.org [80.241.60.240]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx2.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6375F4001F for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2014 23:00:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.240]) (using TLS with cipher AES256-GCM-SHA384) by gerste.heinlein-support.de (gerste.heinlein-support.de [91.198.250.173]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTPS id ATGH2J62Ykkd for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2014 23:00:24 +0100 (CET) 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi, there's a discussion on emacs-devel[1] about replacing texinfo as the documentation format and org is mentioned. RMS correctly mentions that org- mode is not a format but a program. This was also my problem when I thought about using org-mode at work in my team. Since I'm the only emacs user we decided to use asciidoc which is a format that can be edited and processed with different programs. So org-mode is a bit like PHP which also doesn't (didn't) have a specification but the implementation is the specification. Would it be possible to change the format of org-mode to be a superset of e.g. asciidoc or markdown but keep the features? [1] "On being web-friendly and why info must die" Regards, Thomas Koch