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

[Robert Weiner <rswgnu@gmail.com>]

I would just like to point out that anyone familiar with writing a Texinfo-format manual who wants to combine this with Org mode would likely just want to embed Org constructs, like Org tables in the manual; not to use Org as a formatter that exports individual source blocks to form a Texinfo manual (literate programming style).  This is because their focus while writing will be on the manual and its formatting, not on Org markup that exports to another markup.

I hope this is considered in your strategy.

-- rsw

> On Oct 8, 2022, at 6:38 PM, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
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>> The latter. We currently need a new syntax element that will allow all
>> the things available in Texinfo markup syntax.
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>> We have decided that we do need such new syntax. We are discussing how
>> the new syntax will look like. We will implement the syntax in future.
>> Once implemented, the new syntax will open the road to add Texinfo
>> markup structures into Org export backends.
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> I'm glad you are working on this.
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