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Re: Bug tracker for skribilo
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: Bug tracker for skribilo |
Date: |
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:32:41 +0100 |
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Hi,
Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> skribis:
> I usually stay away from IRC since I find instant messaging too
> distracting. But then, I should probably not be complaining of
> loneliness! ;-)
I agree, it has pros and cons!
> Yep! jgart and the whereiseveryone community are already doing a good
> job organizing Guix meetups. We should probably organize "official"
> meetups.
Yes, we “just” need people to champion for each specific topic we might
want to tackle. :-)
>> What I’d like to have is a Texinfo reader in Skribilo: Guile already
>> comes with a Texinfo -> stexi (similar to SXML) parser, so the reader in
>> Skribilo would be quite small. The parser in Guile proper needs love
>> though: it’s good but not good enough to handle complete real-life
>> manuals, I think.
>>
>> Longer-term, we could also look at the Scribble syntax: unlike
>> Skribe/Skribilo, it’s text-first. What if Texinfo became our own
>> Scribble-like syntax? We’d extend Texinfo syntax with escapes that
>> would let us use custom markup or introduce Scheme code in documents.
>
> Normally, I'd have thought integrating Texinfo is too much work! ;-)
> But, it's probably the best way to migrate existing manuals such as the
> Guix manual into skribilo. So, we'll get there at some point! If anyone
> reading is interested in hacking on this, contributions are welcome! :-)
Yup! I think all this is within reach, and we can make incremental
progress too, it’s not all-or-nothing.
Thanks,
Ludo’.
- Re: Bug tracker for skribilo, (continued)
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- Re: Bug tracker for skribilo, Ludovic Courtès, 2022/03/21
- Re: Bug tracker for skribilo, Arun Isaac, 2022/03/22
- Re: Bug tracker for skribilo, Ludovic Courtès, 2022/03/22
- Re: Bug tracker for skribilo, Arun Isaac, 2022/03/27
- Re: Bug tracker for skribilo, Ludovic Courtès, 2022/03/29
- Re: Bug tracker for skribilo, Ludovic Courtès, 2022/03/21