On 30 Jul 2012, at 11:26 am +0900, Torsten Wagner wrote: > Hi, Hi,
> [Because of the problems of syncing and interaction with > third-party programs] I was wondering if it would be time > to switch org-mode from text to some sort of XML. I mostly lurk on this list, but reading the preceding proposal I figured I should note that, as a user, one of the key features of org-mode is its lovely simplicity of syntax and interface. If I really wanted to keep my files in hand-hacked or generated XML, I could, but I'd much rather keep 'em in, well, org (-: . > Would it help [alleviate the problem of property-blocks > containing mixed user & technical data] to introduce a > technical-property block which only contains information > intend to be used by other programs and parsers? Sounds like an interesting idea. > This blocks could be hidden under all normal means unlike > really someone want to see them and hit a special > key-combo. Hmm, personally I'd rather have it visible but clearly labeled. Transparency is nearly always a good thing. It's great that you're thinking about this stuff, and I'll look forward to seeing where these ideas go. Cheers, iff
