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Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:

> Gustav Wikstr=C3=B6m <gustav.erik@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> So my question is; have there been more discussions of constructing
>> such a formal grammar? Maybe in EBNF form. I suspect getting every
>> aspect of Org mode into such a description would be difficult. But
>> imagine the possibilities. Tools such as ANTLR and similar would
>> straight away have a way of parsing Org mode.=20
>> Org mode source files could be parsed in many other languages,
>> simplifying the process of expanding Org mode to other platforms (
>> Android & iOS, web ).
>>

[...]

>
> See
>
>   (info "(org) Org syntax")
I just read the document on worg=C2=B9. It is really good! I imagine we are
not far from a formal grammar. I suppose we could write one in EBNF
form.

Nicolas, I can see on the worg version that it is in draft status. Could
you say what is left to do to consider it mature?

=C2=B9  http://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html
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