From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rasmus Subject: Re: setting local variables Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 13:48:55 +0200 Message-ID: <87wp5dmkm0.fsf@gmx.us> References: <871sotiqld.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87r2wsly88.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <877eykbpho.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59458) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dpCMx-0007Hw-9o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Sep 2017 07:50:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dpCMn-0004Cn-MF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Sep 2017 07:50:15 -0400 Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=44988 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dpCMn-0004C6-Eb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Sep 2017 07:50:05 -0400 Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dpCM5-0004u8-VL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Sep 2017 13:49:21 +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 Hi, (Sorry for replying to this old thread which I am only reading now) Eric Abrahamsen writes: >>> I'm writing an Emacs manual in Org, using >>> https://github.com/tarsius/ox-texinfo-plus to make things a bit >>> easier. >> >> I don't know that library, but as a biased POV, it would be nice to use >> "ox-texinfo" and let us know about its shortcomings. Just saying. > > Oh I don't think it's about shortcomings, just about having a version > that's tweaked specifically for writing Emacs manuals. I _really_ want > my packages to have info manuals, and I _really_ don't want to learn how > to write texinfo. I saw Rasmus' Org manual in org, and it looked like a > lot of work. Then I noticed that the Magit manuals used this > texinfo-plus thing, and it seemed good enough. It was Thomas S. Dye who ported the Org manual in Org https://github.com/tsdye/orgmanual FWIW I like to see general tweaks added directly to ox-texinfo to the extend it’s feasible. Rasmus -- In theory, practice and theory are the same. In practice they are not