Re: BEGIN_SRC..END_SRC

[Lennart Borgman]

On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi, Lennart.
>
> On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 04:18:03PM +0200, Lennart Borgman wrote:
>> On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > On Sat, 5 May 2012 07:35:29 -0700 "Drew Adams" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> > DA> We discourage the use of HTML messages in GNU mailing lists.  But then
>> > DA> Gnus/Org/Emacs goes and rolls its own simulacrum?  And then everyone 
>> > who is not
>> > DA> using Emacs for mail has the obligatory privilege of seeing the
>> > DA> markup?
>
>> > Yup.
>
>> Free software is dependent on standard, or??
>
>> > DA> (Note: I would have no problem with the GNU mailing lists NOT 
>> > discouraging HTML
>> > DA> messages.  My point is that we should not (a) discourage HTML and then 
>> > (b) bring
>> > DA> in some artisanal, Emacs-specific markup through the back door.  HTML 
>> > and XML at
>> > DA> least provide (more or less) standard markup that is supported by many 
>> > clients.)
>
>> > Nope.
>
>> Which commonly used mail clients (outside of Emacs) does not support html 
>> today?
>
> mutt.  At least, not without dreary configuration.
>
> I'm all for keeping HTML strictly out of GNU list messages.

I am also for keeping the messages as plain text.