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# The use of Org mode syntax outside of GNU/Emacs
Karl Voit



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With the rising interest in Org mode, the GNU/Emacs community gained
much momentum in the last decade. Being [a nicely designed lightweight
markup
language](https://karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmode-as-markup-only/),
Org mode does not only benefit users of GNU/Emacs. There are many
tools and services supporting Org mode syntax documents that do have
no direct connection to GNU/Emacs. I would like to elaborate on the
advantages on using Org mode syntax for arbitrary text outside of
GNU/Emacs for better typing usability and collaboration tasks.

Unfortunately, we do face some issues with the current situation.
First of all, we do already have a number of non-Emacs tools that do
support Org mode syntax. Then, we also do have an unclear consensus of
what it takes to "support Org mode" without re-implementing the whole
feature-set of Org mode of GNU/Emacs.

For that purpose, I came up with a new name for the syntax of the Org
mode lightweight markup language: **Orgdown**.

Please do visit the [Orgdown
homepage](https://gitlab.com/publicvoit/orgdown) and read my
motivation article [Orgdown - a New Lightweight Markup Standard for
Text Documents](https://karl-voit.at/2021/11/27/orgdown/) for further
information.

# Outline

- The term Org mode stands for different things
- The Org syntax is better than much more dominant lightweight markup languages
- We do have an unclear consensus of "Org mode support"
- A new name for the syntax alone: Orgdown
- What Orgdown should be and should not be
- Advantages of Orgdown for everybody
- Orgdown comes in different levels: Orgdown1
- OD1 Compatibility Percentage
- The future of Orgdown
- Your contribution!

# Personal information

- Name pronunciation: sounds like "karl foit" ([IPA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet): [kaʁl](http://ipa-reader.xyz/?text=ka%CA%81l) [foɪt](http://ipa-reader.xyz/?text=fo%C9%AAt))
- Pronouns: he/him
- Homepage: [https://Karl-Voit.at](https://Karl-Voit.at "personal web page of Karl Voit")
- Preferred contact info: EmacsConf21 (ɶt) Karl-Voit.at

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