From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: template for writing Emacs manuals in Org Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 12:16:26 +0800 Message-ID: <87inyd8gkl.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87eg955clk.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87wpmt7u5i.fsf@gmx.us> <87a8jph6ry.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44384) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b2WQv-0000Lg-Ic for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2016 00:16:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b2WQs-0001XS-AO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2016 00:16:37 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:46970) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b2WQs-0001XO-3R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2016 00:16:34 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1b2WQr-0005aX-0z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2016 06:16:33 +0200 Received: from 123.116.192.70 ([123.116.192.70]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 17 May 2016 06:16:33 +0200 Received: from eric by 123.116.192.70 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 17 May 2016 06:16:33 +0200 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" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org "Thomas S. Dye" writes: > Aloha Eric, > > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> "Thomas S. Dye" writes: >> >>> Rasmus writes: >>> >>>> Once upon a time Tom ported the Org manual. It's on his github, probably >>>> under tsdye. >>> >>> https://github.com/tsdye/orgmanual >> >> Hey, that's perfect! Dunno if that's what I was remembering, but that's >> exactly what I was after. Even better if it ends up in contrib/ >> >> Off to copy and paste now... > > I hope you find it useful. Still, I'd be interested to see Oleh > Krehel's approach. It is bound to be more sophisticated than mine. Well, we can cobble something together :) Mostly I was interested in the index macros -- Info manuals are far more useful with indexes, and to be honest I was doing anything to avoid learning how to write texinfo. What might be nice to have in contrib is an exporter derived from the current texinfo exporter, but specifically set up for Gnu project manuals: so it does the copyright header, and index macros, and maybe even the proper DIR integration (?). I remember where I originally saw this: it was a long thread on emacs.devel about moving documentation to HTML, which struck me as a terrible idea. I think Org was raised as a way of lowering the barrier to writing texinfo manuals for packages, so that we get the best of both worlds: write in Org, read in Info. I think it would be a great idea to facilitate that, if possible. E