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Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode
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Marcin Borkowski |
Subject: |
Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode |
Date: |
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:36:10 +0100 |
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mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 28.0.50 |
On 2021-11-29, at 13:18, Juan Manuel Macías <maciaschain@posteo.net> wrote:
> Marcin Borkowski writes:
>
>> Quite the contrary. The amount of confusion between TeX (engine)/TeX
>> (language)/TeX (distro)/TeX-aware text editor/LaTeX (whatever) among
>> novice/casual users has always been terrible.
>
> It's natural when those novice/casual users approach something that is
> new to them, but nothing invincible when they want to learn. The "TeX"
> ecosystem is not trivial, but I think that all, or almost all of us,
> understand each other when things like 'TeX/LaTeX code', 'TeX engine',
> 'LaTeX format', etc. are said. If the TeX language were somewhat
> self-contained and widely used outside of TeX, I would see OK that the
> language had its own name. But, since the TeX language is something that
> almost only TeX understands (roughly said), I think the economy wins
> here (IMHO). I don't see how we could improve everything by having half
> a dozen more exotic names.
Agreed, I just wanted to say that the situation with TeX is more
complicated. Especially that 92%* TeX users are novice/casual users.
* Number made up, but loosely based on anecdotal evidence;-).
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl
- Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode, (continued)
- Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode, Juan Manuel Macías, 2021/11/28
- Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode, Tom Gillespie, 2021/11/28
- Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode, Joost Kremers, 2021/11/28
- Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode, George Mauer, 2021/11/28
- Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode, Juan Manuel Macías, 2021/11/28
- Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode, Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide, 2021/11/29
Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode, Marcin Borkowski, 2021/11/29
Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode, Tim Cross, 2021/11/28
- Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode, Karl Voit, 2021/11/29
- Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode, Matt Price, 2021/11/29
- Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode, M . ‘quintus’ Gülker, 2021/11/29
- Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode, Marcin Borkowski, 2021/11/30
- Orgdown: negative feedback & attempt of a root-cause analysis (was: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode), Karl Voit, 2021/11/30
- Re: Orgdown: negative feedback & attempt of a root-cause analysis (was: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode), Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide, 2021/11/30
- Re: Orgdown: negative feedback & attempt of a root-cause analysis (was: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode), Eduardo Ochs, 2021/11/30
- Re: Orgdown: negative feedback & attempt of a root-cause analysis (was: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode), Tom Gillespie, 2021/11/30
- Re: Orgdown: negative feedback & attempt of a root-cause analysis (was: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode), Tim Cross, 2021/11/30