Re: Translation of the Org mode manual (was: Translation of manuals (was: SES manual French translation))

[Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>]

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  > This is not true. We can generate a precise TeXinfo markup from Org
  > files even now using export snippets: @@texinfo:<direct texinfo code>@@

I know that it is possible to convert Org format to Texinfo.  I am
raising a different issue.  I think we are miscommunicating.

The question is not whether Org can be translated to Texingo.  The
question is whether Org format can represent all the distinctions that
Texinfo represents.  Or, equivalently, is it possible to translate
Texinfo text to Org format and then back to Texinfo format without
losing any information?

Last I looked, that was not possible, because of the issue I
explained in my previous message.

If things have improved and Org format is now capable of doing this, I
will consider that good news.

  > Another question is that having native Org mode constructs for
  > manual-specific markup would make things less verbose and ad-hoc.

To handle GNU manuals using Org format would not require a feature
like that.

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