Re: Org-Mode as DSL

2020-11-01 Thread Lejon
TEC writes: > > Hence, any and all concerns about feature parity etc. are completely > resolved. One 'just' needs to implement the bindings and piping (as > opposed to the whole shebang). > Something that I am missing when hacking on org-mode is some form of api reference. Things like

Re: Org-Mode as DSL

2020-10-31 Thread Mauro Mandracchia
Thanks for the warm welcome and the amount of inputs and details that everybody so fast provides. I'm really impressed by this community. Ok seems that delivering a language specification in EBNF has some challenges that can hardly be addressed due to the nature of org-mode design, but I read

Re: Org-Mode as DSL

2020-10-30 Thread TEC
Eric S Fraga writes: It's not a crazy idea but one which misses one of the best features of org mode: it is part of Emacs. For me, a markup language is not so exciting: we have plenty of them. What makes org mode powerful is that it is infinitely customizable by being part of Emacs. I

Re: Org-Mode as DSL

2020-10-30 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Thursday, 29 Oct 2020 at 22:12, Mauro Mandracchia wrote: > Is it a crazy idea if Org-Mode could become a DSL rather than a mode for > emacs? It's not a crazy idea but one which misses one of the best features of org mode: it is part of Emacs. For me, a markup language is not so exciting: we

Re: Org-Mode as DSL

2020-10-29 Thread Tom Gillespie
Hi Mauro, Welcome! This is definitely not a crazy idea (or at least if it is then you are in good company). Org already has wide support as a markup language, and tools like https://github.com/tecosaur/org-pandoc-import exist that leverage this, but the syntax is not standardized and as a