Re: Org mode and Emacs (was: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package)

[Tim Cross]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>, rms@gnu.org,
>>  monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 14:49:21 +1000
>> 
>> >> >> I"m also not convinced that org mode would be the right solution for
>> >> >> Emacs documentation.
>> >> >
>> >> > Then why Org's own manual is written in Org instead of Texinfo?
>> >> 
>> >> I do not know if Org mode would be a good solution for Emacs
>> >> documentation. However, compared to texinfo, our manual is lacking index
>> >> entries in all the exported versions but texinfo.
>> >
>> > Lack of an index makes for a less useful manual, IME.
>> >
>> > Anyway, is the lack of the index the _only_ missing feature from what
>> > the Org markup provides as compared to Texinfo?  Tim's message sounded
>> > like there are many more omissions.
>> 
>> My statement is simply waht it says. I am not convinced org mode would
>> be the right solution for Emacs documentation. This is for many reasons,
>> some relating to org, some relating to the fact I'm not convinced there
>> is a need to replace texinfo, especially given that in some areas, I
>> think texinfo is more feature rich and consistent and some relating to the 
>> feeling I have
>> that the result is hard to justify given the amount of work it would
>> require.
>
> Well, it is hard to say anything intelligent without knowing those
> "many reasons".
>
> And if your POV is shared by the Org developers, then I ask again: why
> is the Org manual, which weighs in at 23,000 lines, is being written
> in Org?

I have never claimed my POV was that of the org developers, I've never
claimed to be an org developer or to speak in any way for org
developers.