Re: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package

[Stefan Monnier]

Lars Ingebrigtsen [2022-06-05 13:29:28] wrote:
> Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:
>> So the choice of format is natural for package authors.  And they
>> frequently contain markup like headings, bullet lists, bold, italics,
>> and code snippets which simply look much better than their text-only
>> alternative (even in their editing/non-rendered versions).
> I think most of the hostility non-Org users have towards Org files is
> the experience of opening one, only seeing a couple of lines with "..."
> after them and then going "AAARGH", killing the buffer, and using
> `find-file-literally' on it.

There's also the annoying delay, of course (as in "oh, so it takes
a long time to load in order to then mess it up!?")

We should take these as challenges to improve org-mode rather than as
reasons to stay away from it.


        Stefan