From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gregor Zattler Subject: interoperability matters Re: (no subject) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 23:15:06 +0100 Message-ID: <20130308221506.GD15904@boo.workgroup> References: <87ip5199x7.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87r4jpk4mp.fsf@lapcat.tftorrey.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48211) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UE5aD-0007am-Sc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:16:17 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UE5a7-0001SW-HJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:16:09 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.20]:62572) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UE5a7-0001SH-7M for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:16:03 -0500 Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([10.1.76.31]) by mrigmx.server.lan (mrigmx002) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0Lgbwh-1UbaQW1f0P-00nuZT for ; Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:16:01 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87r4jpk4mp.fsf@lapcat.tftorrey.com> 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 Hi T.F., * T.F. Torrey [08. Mar. 2013]: > Plain text is great because I can do whatever I want. What I come up > with might not work correctly in other tools (or anything at all), but I > have the freedom to do interesting things, and to have my files look > just the way I want them to. One argument against changing the headlne marker was interoperability: Share org files with others, use other tools to manipulate org files. Interoperability is a product of rules/formats/protocols. Email is a plain text protocol too, but some headers are required for interoperability. It wouldn't make sense for instance for me to use my freedom to create/change headers arbitrary, "and to have my emails look just the way I want them to". E.g. to use german words Betreff, Datum, An, Von instead of Subject, Date, To, From, only because I can --> no mail transport agent would handle this plain text file. Regards, Gregor