Re: Org mode and Emacs

[Ihor Radchenko]

David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:

>>> But could it be moved in that direction? (ie. Organice)
>>
>> I don't think so. It is motivated by the fundamental Org syntax design,
>> AFAIU. (mostly by first match wins design). We are not going to change
>> fundamentals of the Org syntax. It will break backward compatibility.
>
> Could Org be moved toward a "well-defined" grammar that could be
> separated from the Emacs implementation to allow other systems (iOS,
> Android, Windows) to implement (at least part of) a "standard" Org?
> Could the backward compatibility be covered by an Emacs library where
> necessary? 

Yes. See https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html
I hope it is well-defined enough for you.
I don't think that we need major changes to allow implementation in
other systems. There is already a number of existing third-party parsers
for Org:

https://github.com/200ok-ch/org-parser
https://github.com/tgbugs/laundry
https://github.com/milisims/tree-sitter-org
https://github.com/tecosaur/Org.jl

Best,
Ihor