Hi there, Bastien <b...@gnu.org> writes:
> As the first paragraph says: > > "This document describes and comments Org syntax as it is currently > read by its parser (Org Elements)" > > while we need a description of Org's syntax from the point of view of > (1) a human writer and (2) any possible Org parser. I agree that (1) and (2) should be two different documents. (2) would be especially interesting since there are quite a few projects afoot to parse Org documents outside of Emacs: - go-org (Go) https://github.com/niklasfasching/go-org - orgize (Rust) https://docs.rs/orgize/0.8.4/orgize/ They are in various stages of advancement, but a design document would go a long way in federating those efforts. > I don't know how difficult it is, but I suspect it is quite a lot of > work. I assume that it would be, yes. However, as someone with a vested interest in developing an efficient external parser for Org documents, I’d love to contribute. I’ve been playing around lately with ox.el to write an exporter to Jupyter (more on that soon), and since it makes extensive use of org-element.el, I’d have a modicum of knowledge upon which I could initiate the effort. Best, -- Leo Vivier Freelance Software Engineer Website: www.leovivier.com | Blog: www.zaeph.net
