bug#40813: [PATCH] Convert some files from outline-mode to org-mode

[Stefan Kangas]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> Of course it is.  We should be economical, and not bloat the memory
> footprint of a running Emacs session unnecessarily.

On my machine, "emacs -Q" uses this much memory on start (according to pmap):

 total           363448K

After M-x org-mode, the same process is using:

 total           372916K

The difference is 2.6 percent.

> Is there any reason not to have that key binding in Outline mode as
> well?

I guess it's just a matter of someone writing the code to make it happen.

> > The main argument is that org-mode will be more familiar to users and
> > prospective Emacs hackers.
>
> That needs to be established.

Oh, okay.  I based this statement on that I have seen almost no (or
very few) recommendations of outline-mode over the years, while Org
mode seems to be everywhere.  But of course this is mostly anecdotal.

> And the relevant population is not all
> of the users, only those who tend to read NEWS.  If they indeed prefer
> Org mode, let's switch.

OK, I agree.  I will ask emacs-devel.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas