Re: "Orgdown", the new name for the syntax of Org-mode

[Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide]

Juan Manuel Macías <maciaschain@posteo.net> writes:

> Joost Kremers writes:
>
>> Why not just use the term "Org markup"?  It's descriptive and should be
>> understandable to people familiar with the concept of markup languages.
>
> This. 'Org markup language' and 'Org Syntax' are obvious and natural
> terms that can easily be inferred from the Org manual. Honestly I don't
> see much point in coming up with new names for a concept which is
> already transparent and self-explanatory. It is something I find
> unnecessary and baroque.

Org markup and Org syntax sound good, I think. I’m unsure which is
better to convey that this includes features — that org-mode is much
more than just a way to encode some information, but a way to interact
with documents and an implementation of the syntax should keep that in
mind.

One thing that is important to keep: Org Syntax or Org Markup is
implementation-defined. You cannot claim *full compatibility*, if you
are not fully compatible with org-mode. This includes a lot of Emacs
features, like linking to arbitrary files/buffers/things, extending
links, and so on.

The minimal syntax (missing a lot of features) would be outline markup
or outline syntax (from outline-mode, the ancestor of org-mode).

Best wishes,
Arne
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