Re: [HELP] Fwd: Org format as a new standard source format for GNU manuals

[Ihor Radchenko]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>   > For some context, in order to support specialized syntax for manuals, we
>   > may first need to implement the discussed special blocks export and
>   > inline special blocks:
>   > 1. https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87y1yr9gbl.fsf@gmail.com/
>   > 2. https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87edzqv4ha.fsf@localhost/
>
>   > The above links aim to introduce export functionality that we now have
>   > for links to special blocks and new custom markup elements. I am
>   > referring to
>   > 1. Ability to create new custom element types programmatically 
>   > 2. Ability to define how to :export the custom element types
>
> I'm not sure of the meaning of some of those words.  Does this mean
> that people are implementing those distinctions in Org mode?  Or does
> it mean someone has proposed to implement them in Org mode but not yet
> started actually writing it?

The latter. We currently need a new syntax element that will allow all
the things available in Texinfo markup syntax.

We have decided that we do need such new syntax. We are discussing how
the new syntax will look like. We will implement the syntax in future.
Once implemented, the new syntax will open the road to add Texinfo
markup structures into Org export backends.

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