Re: [sphinx-users] How stable is reStructuredText format?

2017-08-01 Thread gilberto dos santos alves
for me it is like html, xml, css. same thing. and remember opensource. -- gilberto dos santos alves +5511986465049 2017-07-31 2:55 GMT-03:00 egalitarian : > I'd like to write documents for long-term archival. > > For example, I want to write diary and read it after 3 decades. > Perhaps, I g

Re: [sphinx-users] How stable is reStructuredText format?

2017-08-01 Thread egalitarian
Will there be breaking changes in reStructuredText format in the foreseeable future? On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 6:50:47 PM UTC+9, K Dunn wrote: > > While no one will guarantee this for you, I can't foresee any reason why > you won't be able to open a text file 30 years from now. > > I've opene

Re: [sphinx-users] How stable is reStructuredText format?

2017-07-31 Thread Kevin Dunn
While no one will guarantee this for you, I can't foresee any reason why you won't be able to open a text file 30 years from now. I've opened text files from the mid 90's (so ~20 years ago), and they are readable and work as expected. The text file format existed prior to that, so it has a really

[sphinx-users] How stable is reStructuredText format?

2017-07-31 Thread egalitarian
I'd like to write documents for long-term archival. For example, I want to write diary and read it after 3 decades. Perhaps, I get to live another 100 years due to technological advances. Will I be able to write diary or take note in reStructuredText and render it in 3 decades or 100 years? --