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Re: [Q] Is there a convention for the formatting of messages in this mai
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Timothy |
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Re: [Q] Is there a convention for the formatting of messages in this mailing list? |
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Sat, 25 Sep 2021 12:43:27 +0800 |
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mu4e 1.6.5; emacs 28.0.50 |
Hi Rodrigo,
> Let’s suppose I want to create a thread in the mailing list that
> contains different sections, code blocks and some quotes. I used to use
> Org Mode for the format in my messages, but I just read a discussion
> where someone mentioned that getting the Org Mode and Org Babel syntax
> in the mailing list is annoying.
Personally I quite like receiving messages formatted with Org syntax because
mu4e seems to use org-mode to render it.
> 1. Is there some kind of convention for the formatting of the messages
> in this mailing list?
I think the main thing here is that plain text is preferred.
> 2. If that’s not the case, which one should I use (Org Mode, the
> built-in ASCII exporter, Markdown, HTML)?
Plain text is generally preferred over HTML over here. I don’t think anybody
would mind with Org, exported ASCII, though markdown might be pushing it on the
*Org* ML 😛.
All the best,
Timothy