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# orgvm: a simple HTTP server for org
Corwin Brust (he/him/any, IRC: corwin)

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OrgVM is, so far, a very simple nodejs wrapper, invoking Emacs in
batch mode.  I'll talk about how I use it to make project notes
available on demand to my colleagues and how it works, especially the
generation of elisp from javascript/JSON.


# Discussion

## Questions and answers

-   Q: Why not build upon Nic Ferrier's elnode web server written in
    Elisp?  As Nic describes it: "Elnode is a non-blocking IO webserver
    written entirely in EmacsLisp. It's like an EmacsLisp version of
    node.js."  Your implementation will likely get much simpler if you
    keep it all in Lisp.
    -   A: I chose to build with node.js because that was easy for me;
        but an Emacs based version sounds awesome!
-   Q: Is this using org-info-js? 
    -   A: nope; I need to learn more about this - seems very exciting
        and like it could influence this project
- Q: Why did you make yet another web server?
  - I read it was to make your org files portable.
  - He's auto-generating .html files to match his org files in the background so that he can browse them via web browser right?
- Q: How is that portable.  You still need a web browser.  Org files need the very basic..... cat
- Q: Have you heard about https://codeberg.org/gopiandcode/emacs-viewer, by any chance?

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