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* [PATCH] doc/org-manual.org (Summary): Clarify the Org markup is human-readable
@ 2023-12-31 15:24 Ihor Radchenko
  2024-01-02  5:24 ` Thomas S. Dye
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 14+ messages in thread
From: Ihor Radchenko @ 2023-12-31 15:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode, Bastien

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I'd like to amend the Org manual introduction as in the attached patch.
The idea is to highlight that Org markup is designed to be
human-readable first and foremost rather than just computer-readable.

This is the first section of the manual. Most of the new users will see
it. So, I'd like to hear any objections before installing the patch.


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From f97e3d9b7e346506f0a87b98f4809e612d7e78b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Message-ID: <f97e3d9b7e346506f0a87b98f4809e612d7e78b6.1704036076.git.yantar92@posteo.net>
From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 16:20:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc/org-manual.org (Summary): Clarify the Org markup is
 human-readable

Readability of raw Org text is one of the core principles we maintain
when designing Org markup language.  Let's state it explicitly in the
manual.
---
 doc/org-manual.org | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index ff1b9cffb..3ddce7d41 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ ** Summary
 It relies on a lightweight plain-text markup language used in files
 with the =.org= extension.
 
+Org files can be viewed using any text editor.  You can read and
+understand raw Org markup with a naked eye.  Although authoring Org
+files is best-supported inside Emacs.
+
 As an authoring tool, Org helps you write structured documents and
 provides exporting facilities. Org files can also be used for literate
 programming and reproducible research.  As a TODO lists manager, Org
-- 
2.42.0


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2024-01-02  5:24 ` Thomas S. Dye
2024-01-03  7:52   ` Jean Louis
2024-01-03 12:36     ` Bastien Guerry
2024-01-03 13:00     ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-02 22:47 ` Matt
2024-01-03 13:44   ` Comments on Summary section of Org manual (was: [PATCH] doc/org-manual.org (Summary): Clarify the Org markup is human-readable) Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-03 20:43     ` Matt
2024-01-05 13:17       ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-05 13:06 ` [PATCH v2] doc/org-manual.org (Summary): Clarify the Org markup is human-readable Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-06 10:31   ` Matt
2024-01-06 12:55     ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-01-06 12:56       ` Matt
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