Re: Org mode and Emacs

[Colin Baxter]

>>>>> Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:

    > Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:
    >> Why is it a problem? I have seen this term elsewhere as well.
    >> 
    >> In any case, the key point is not the terminology, but the fact
    >> that other people independently grouped Org markup with multiple
    >> other markups that are widely used.

    > I may not be the individual best qualified to speak apropos this
    > subject, but I can't imagine any reason learning Texinfo should be
    > any more challenging than learning a version of Org extended to
    > sufficiently address every one of Texinfo's applications.
    > Annulling any hypothetical advantage -- should it exist -- is the
    > significant body of GNU developers who are already proficient in
    > Texinfo, many of whom bear no interest in Org.

    > Richard, what makes you believe that?  Can you provide any
    > concrete examples of Texinfo constructs that would be simpler in
    > Org?

Perhaps this ship sailed long ago but would removing org-mode from emacs
core go some way towards making the choice between using texinfo or
org-mode irrelevant? As an external package, org-mode's documentation
could then evolve independently, as its users think best.

Colin Baxter.