On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 11:02:18PM -0800, Per Bothner wrote: > > > On 11/24/2016 10:53 PM, Ineiev wrote: > > >>This is another reason to replace the info program with a wrapper round > >>'emaca -nw'. > > > >Why not improve the info program? > > Because it's a lot of duplicated and wasteful work, and nobody is doing it. > > Emacs has to be able to layout info (and html) using both > windowing systems and terminals. Emacs does a good job of > figuring out and making use of the capabilities of the terminal > (such as highlighting, colours, and mouse support). > The info program does not do as good a job as 'emacs -nw'.
The goodness of the job depends on the criteria. The info executable typically fits in 250k; the emacs executable may not fit in 5M when present.
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