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[Suggestion]: Specify that Norg *syntax* isn't a typesetting tool, Neorg is. #35

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vhyrro opened this issue Jul 21, 2024 · 0 comments

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vhyrro commented Jul 21, 2024

This suggestion is a suggestion to alter the spec to provide a new ground rule for Norg syntax moving forward. Sometimes it's really difficult to dispute new syntax ideas because of the features they provide. One ground rule that is very important (and prevalent throughout the whole syntax today, intentionally or not) is that Norg syntax does not do any typesetting, ever.

All of Norg gives structure to the document, but never specifies what this content should look like.
Altering the "looks" of Norg (when exported or rendered) is up to:

  1. The tool that is consuming Norg as a file format.
  2. The user, when looks are altered through attributes (although the tool consuming Norg has the right to ignore those attributes).

Thus, any new syntax that is proposed must not attempt to implement typesetting features.

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