emacs-orgmode-requ...@gnu.org writes: > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 18:58:16 +0000 > From: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.m...@gmail.com> > To: emacs-org list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>, Bastien Guerry > <b...@gnu.org> > Subject: [O] Hopes of making orgmanual.org the official manual? > Message-ID: > <cafyqvy3r60djbz3kr6dh+xhacshdea-b0o6xnaem7nrk542...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello all, > > Are there plans to have the orgmanual.org ( > http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/tree/contrib/orgmanual.org) > completely replace the texinfo version at some point? > > I believe that orgmanual.org was synchronized with the texinfo version when > it was checked in. But I fear that if this switching to org manual step is > delayed, there might not be enough motivation to keep orgmanual.org > maintained. > > -- > > Kaushal Modi > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/attachments/20170112/857ec112/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:51:57 +0100 > From: Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> > To: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.m...@gmail.com> > Cc: emacs-org list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>, Bastien Guerry > <b...@gnu.org> > Subject: Re: [O] Hopes of making orgmanual.org the official manual? > Message-ID: <87eg08awf6....@nicolasgoaziou.fr> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Hello, > > Kaushal Modi <kaushal.m...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Are there plans to have the orgmanual.org ( >> http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/tree/contrib/orgmanual.org) >> completely replace the texinfo version at some point? > > The first step is to have orgmanual.org generate org.texi. We're not > there yet because there is no 1:1 correspondence between constructs used > in org.texi and Org syntax. > >> I believe that orgmanual.org was synchronized with the texinfo version >> when it was checked in. > > No, it wasn't even compiling when it landed in contrib/. Now, it exports > correctly. The process is slow, though, due to the sheer number of > macros (900+) and some code blocks at the end that can be removed. > >> But I fear that if this switching to org manual step is >> delayed, there might not be enough motivation to keep orgmanual.org >> maintained. > > Note that orgmanual.org is not maintained so far. A starting point would > be to try to update a small part of the manual and report what is > missing in "ox-texinfo.el". > > As a side note, I think we could use some free (i.e., noop in > "ox-texinfo.el") emphasis markers, e.g. "+...+", for additional syntax, > e.g., @key{...}, or @kbd{...}. > > Regards, > > -- > Nicolas Goaziou >
would love orgmode.org as manual. org manual in org!! -- ~nullx002 (somewhere on pale blue dot) github.com/nullx002 bitbucket.org/nullx002 twitter.com/nullx002
