On 11/24/2016 11:24 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
From: Per Bothner <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 15:28:39 -0800
Cc: Texinfo <[email protected]>
I would also add, as a needed, independent project:
* Change the standalone info program to a wrapper around 'emacs -nw'.
I don't think it's a good idea. Emacs is a relatively large package,
and likely to not be installed on some systems, like the current
mobile computers/phones. the Emacs Info reader is for users who
already have Emacs and use it actively enough to not want to fire up a
separate reader.
I find it hard to imagine anyone using the info program on any system
where the resources needed to run Emacs would be much more than a
rounding error, except maybe if they're using really ancient hardware.
The whole justification of the move to something based on HTML is to
allow people to use the existing browsers to read the GNU
documentation.
No, the justification and my argument goes way beyond that.
Please read: http://per.bothner.com/blog/2016/texinfo-roadmap/
Note that I added today a new "Problems with info" justification section
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--Per Bothner
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