Re: Org mode and Emacs

[Richard Stallman]

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  > It is not export backend fault per se - Org markup simply does not
  > define specialized markups more granular than ~code~.
  > So, users have to use macros like {{{kbd(C-c SPC)}}} that expands to
  > direct texinfo export snippet ...

That source construct might be acceptable, though it has 6 extra characters
and that would be rather inconvenient.  Could you manage to reduce the number
of them?

Could you explain what is implied/presumed by "direct texinfo export"?
Are you saying that Org would be a front-end for Texinfo, for all
output formats?  I'd hope it could generate Info files and HTML directly.

  > Though we do not provide similar macros for @var/@env/etc. We might.

They are very often used.  To make org adequate as a replacement for
Texinfo, they would have to be predefined.  (It is ok if the file
has to specify loading some extension to define them.)

  > Or we might allow custom inline special markup as I suggested in
  > https://orgmode.org/list/87bkqx4jyg.fsf@localhost

I skimmed that long message but I couldn't see any suggestion about
@var, @env, etc.  Could you please send me the actual proposal, by
itself, rather than an indirection to it?

  > On the other hand, Org provides a powerful citation syntax
  > [cite:see @citation-key], which may be also utilized if we support
  > info files as bibliography source. This will be a superset of what
  > @xref/@ref/@pxref does as cite/variant is an equivalent of \autocite in
  > LaTeX.

If that is smarter than the current Texinfo commands and can replace
them with no loss of flexibility and capability, that would be fine.
Provided it handles all output formats correctly.



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