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Re: Thoughts on the standardization of Org
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Greg Minshall |
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Re: Thoughts on the standardization of Org |
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Mon, 02 Nov 2020 17:22:39 +0300 |
Eric,
i was thinking of replying to your earlier post on the power of emacs.
now i guess i'll ask my question or make my vague point or whatever.
i wonder if it's possible (ignoring the possible utiltiy) to divide org
mode into two (maybe three?) things.
first is "org mode as a document structuring [hierarchy, tables, lists]
and markup [links, ??? -- maybe it's all part of "document structure"]
technique.
(versus, possible "third": agenda, task manager. [that i'm not all that
familiar with.])
versus org mode as a computing environment (== "org mode as life", which
is to a large extent true for me, as well).
the border between these divisions is, of necessity (i suspect) fairly
fluid.
but, i wonder if one could draw a useful boundary at "babel execute".
i.e., on one side, one is definitely in "computing environment".
(and, in my notes on your earlier e-mail: "what about calc, used in
table formulae?". which you also mention.)
i'm neutral on the issue of standardization (though i agree with Daniele
Nicolodi that standardization might not bring what everyone wants). i
will note that for many years the C language was not a formal
"standard", but people figured out how to write "portable" code that
worked with the major compilers and runtime environments. (it's nicer
today that, e.g., C is an international standard, but that wasn't the
first step towards "interoperability".)
my bias is i'd love to see "everybody" able to export *and* tangle an
org document, possibly within a limited subset, such as those that don't
require babel-execute for that purpose.
cheers, Greg
Re: Thoughts on the standardization of Org, Asa Zeren, 2020/11/01
Re: Thoughts on the standardization of Org, Ken Mankoff, 2020/11/01
Re: Thoughts on the standardization of Org, Eric S Fraga, 2020/11/02
- Re: Thoughts on the standardization of Org,
Greg Minshall <=
- Re: Thoughts on the standardization of Org, Eric S Fraga, 2020/11/02
- Re: Thoughts on the standardization of Org, Russell Adams, 2020/11/02
- Re: Thoughts on the standardization of Org, TEC, 2020/11/02
- Re: Thoughts on the standardization of Org, Eric S Fraga, 2020/11/02
- Re: Thoughts on the standardization of Org, Carsten Dominik, 2020/11/02
Re: Thoughts on the standardization of Org, Tim Cross, 2020/11/02
Re: Thoughts on the standardization of Org, Greg Minshall, 2020/11/02
Re: Thoughts on the standardization of Org, David Rogers, 2020/11/03