Re: Org mode and Emacs (was: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package)

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > some relating to org, some relating to the fact I'm not convinced there
  > > is a need to replace texinfo, especially given that in some areas, I
  > > think texinfo is more feature rich and consistent and some relating to 
the feeling I have
  > > that the result is hard to justify given the amount of work it would
  > > require.

Why replace Texinfo?  Because it has some tricky syntax which it
inherits directly from TeX.  And some syntax which is cumbersome,
again imposed directly by TeX.

Nowadays nobody can maintain the TeX-based part which is used to
generate printed manuals.



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