Re: ox-slimhtml
Hi Amin, Amin Bandali writes: > Bastien, would you and Nicolas be open to adding ox-slimhtml more or > less in its current form to Org core, if Laszlo, myself, and/or others > look after it and help maintain it? No, because it would be confusing to have two HTML export backends in Org's core. BTW, https://github.com/balddotcat/ox-slimhtml says "slimhtml is now part of Org, included in GNU Emacs, future bug reports or contributions should be sent to Org directly" ... which is wrong, and I can't fill a bug report because the repo is archived. Elo, are you still working on it? >From what I've read in previous discussions, I believe I'm in line with Nicolas and Tim on this: we can probably enhance ox-html.el by following some design goals that ox-slimhtml.el have set, and leave other decisions aside, because ox-html has to stay as generic as possible. In any case, I'd rather have Elo work with Tim on enhancing ox-html than to allow another package in Org's core. If ox-slimhtml is still maintained, it can for sure live in GNU or NonGNU ELPA. WDYT? -- Bastien
Re: ox-slimhtml
Hi Amin, > What do you (other folks also) think? A while ago Nicolas forwarded me an email between him and Laszlo on this. Here are my thoughts at the time addresses to Laszlo (which haven’t changed much since): Nicolas writes: > IIUC, merge is only viable if “ox-slimhtml” is a drop-in replacement for > “ox-html”. Otherwise, users will miss out many features. Of course, we > could ship two competing HTML export back-ends, but I don’t think that’s > a good idea either. > > So, it is meant for inclusion in Org proper, or as a GNU ELPA package? > I don’t know. Maybe Timothy has a clearer view about it. I believe I see your motivation in creating ox-slimhtml, as the current ox-html includes much more than could be considered strictly necessary. However, like Nicolas I am hesitant to put this straight into Org along side ox-html. My personal view is that ideally ox-html would be equipped with the relevant knobs and levers (metaphorically speaking) such that one could obtain the same result as ox-slimhtml, the current result, or something in-between. I’ve felt for some time that ox-html could benefit from a bit more in-built flexibility without going down the path of hooks, filters, and advice. This would certainly be more effort, so I completely understand if this isn’t something you’d like to undertake. In that case, I feel that this may be best suited as an ELPA package — closely in reach for those who are looking for a slimmer ox-html. All the best, Timothy
Re: ox-slimhtml
Hi Bastien, Laszlo, Nicolas, Bastien Guerry writes: > Hi Laszlo, > > Bastien writes: > >> I encourage everyone to try exporting Org documents to HTML using your >> library and see how it compares with ox-html.el for a daily usage. > > nobody seemed to be that interested in helping :/ Apologies for completely dropping the ball on this. It's been beyond hectic around me the past few months, and I essentially had zero time to work on this and several other projects I've been interested in. Bastien, would you and Nicolas be open to adding ox-slimhtml more or less in its current form to Org core, if Laszlo, myself, and/or others look after it and help maintain it? I still believe that ox-slimhtml can stand on its own -- compared to other export backends, it's quite small in size, and has no external dependencies -- coexisting with ox-html and a useful alternative to ox-html for exporting Org files into more lightweight html files, as well as for when finer control over the exported html is desired. What do you (other folks also) think? > I hope you were able to continue working on this, don't hesitate to > send an update. > > In the meantime, I'm dismissing this thread from the "calls for help" > on https://updates.orgmode.org > > Would you mind if I (or yourself) restore that status on Woof? thanks, amin -- https://bndl.org
Re: ox-slimhtml
Hi Laszlo, Bastien writes: > I encourage everyone to try exporting Org documents to HTML using your > library and see how it compares with ox-html.el for a daily usage. nobody seemed to be that interested in helping :/ I hope you were able to continue working on this, don't hesitate to send an update. In the meantime, I'm dismissing this thread from the "calls for help" on https://updates.orgmode.org
Re: ox-slimhtml
Hi Laszlo, thanks for ox-slimhtml.el and for announcing it on the list. > Amin was kind enough to poke me to submit and post about my package, > ox-slimhtml. > In a nutshell, it is an org-export backend - transcodes Org elements to > HTML/text output. > > My primary use for it, is to create derived export backends. (picture a/b > testing, for example) > By default, it outputs HTML5, essentially (as it tries to not ignore current > output preferences). > > Within each transcoder, I tried to pick out the relevant core elements > being passed through - what I skipped from the original ox-html > exporter is the domain logic surrounding templating and navigation. > > A sample of the output can be seen here http://bald.cat/ox-slimhtml/ > > From a more detailed perspective, I use it to template the output of > some Org documents (common sources of truth); these include some > minimal Org markup, and as such, they provide convenient > element-by-element programmatic access. This all depends on where > you’d like to organize the logic behind each elements’ transcoding > process, of course - so, for now, I’ll say that it works really nice > for me. YMMV I encourage everyone to try exporting Org documents to HTML using your library and see how it compares with ox-html.el for a daily usage. Thanks! -- Bastien
Re: ox-slimhtml
On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 12:48:27AM -0500, Laszlo Elo wrote: > Hello, > > Amin was kind enough to poke me to submit and post about my package, > ox-slimhtml. > In a nutshell, it is an org-export backend - transcodes Org elements to > HTML/text output. Thank you (both :) Cheers - t signature.asc Description: Digital signature
