[s7atic]

Emacs can run as an elisp interpreter, check out the '--script' switch. This makes it possible to run org-export without starting an emacs session.

[kqr]

I was just about to say. The GP sounds like they're saying

> there's no good way of converting <markup language> to html except by running <preferred converter>. So for each article, getting a html representation requires firing up <preferred converter>. That's insane.

[terhechte]

And how do I use that when I want to interactively convert org-mode to html in javascript? Like countless pure-javascript markdown libraries allow me to do? not to mention the security hazards of running emacs with any user input from a website.

[kqr]

That you don't – much like you don't get Pandoc Markdown in JavaScript, because Pandoc is not written in JS.

But if you are content with a less featured variation of the markup language (but still more featureful than Markdown), you can get that for JavaScript too: https://xiaoxinghu.github.io/orgajs/syntax

[terhechte]

And how do I use that when I want to interactively convert org-mode to html in javascript? Like countless pure-javascript markdown libraries allow me to do?

not to mention the security hazards of running emacs with any user input from a website.

[yepguy]

OK, but you just switched use cases from a "static blog" to interactive web page with untrusted inputs.