Re: [HELP] Fwd: Org format as a new standard source format for GNU manuals

[Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>]

i really wish i could engage or even post drafts of extensible syntax
stuff that i had replied to many years ago and recently.

On 9/29/22, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I am forwarding an official email from RMS changing subject line to more
> descriptive. See below.
>
> For some context, in order to support specialized syntax for manuals, we
> may first need to implement the discussed special blocks export and
> inline special blocks:
> 1. https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87y1yr9gbl.fsf@gmail.com/
> 2. https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87edzqv4ha.fsf@localhost/
>
> The above links aim to introduce export functionality that we now have
> for links to special blocks and new custom markup elements. I am
> referring to
> 1. Ability to create new custom element types programmatically
> 2. Ability to define how to :export the custom element types
>
> Similar to `org-link-set-parameters'.
>
> Patches and more concrete ideas are welcome!
>
> -------------------- Start of forwarded message --------------------
> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> To: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Org mode and Emacs
> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:10:03 -0400
>
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>
> Speaking as the Chief GNUisance, rssponsible for GNU Project
> standards, I would be happy to adopt an upgraded Org format as a new
> standard source format for GNU manuals, _provided_ Org format has been
> extended with the capability to express all the constructions and
> distinctions that Texinfo can express, generate all the output formats
> Texinfo can generate, and use TeX to make beautiful printed output.
>
> Texinfo can generate these output formats: Info files, HTML, ASCII
> text, and DVI and PDF files via TeX.
>
> Texinfo provides numerous subtle distinctions that show up clearly in
> each of these output formats.  Compare, for example, @var, @dfn and
> @emph; compare @code, @samp, @file, @command, @option, @kbd, and @key.
>
> I am sure people can extend Org software to handle these semantic
> distinctions and generate these output formats.  Since it has been
> done once, it can be done again.  But the work is not trivial.
>
> The work has to start by designing what the extended Org format will look
> like.  That part is the crucial part; once it has been specified,
> people can work independently to implement various parts of handling
> that format.
>
> --
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> Ihor Radchenko,
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