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by mort96 1223 days ago
I don't use emacs, so an emacs mode isn't that useful for me.
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bitwize 1223 days ago
Org-mode stuff can be authored outside emacs. There's even a Visual Studio Code addon for it. And pandoc groks it.

But yeah, to unlock the true power of org-mode you need emacs.

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richiebful1 1223 days ago
Org is also just a file format with extensions available in VS Code, vim, sublime, and Atom. I've personally used the VS Code extension, I think it works just as well as the Markdown extension.

[1]. https://orgmode.org/install.html

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maximus-decimus 1223 days ago
It's not just a doc format though, it's also a task manager format, a literate programming format, an everything format with no clear separation.

I can't help but feel like it would be a lot more widely accepted if they divided it in multiple projects each with their own goals and requirements.

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BeetleB 1223 days ago
That is a much more challenging task - even if they had planned it from the get go. One of the reasons people gravitate to Emacs is that it is much easier to build integrated systems like Org mode.

The other barrier, of course, is that it doesn't really benefit existing Org mode users/developers.

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