On 20 March 2017 at 22:37, Per Bothner <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/20/2017 02:23 PM, Mathieu Lirzin wrote: >> >> As an extensive Emacs user, I really enjoy reading Info manuals because >> of the amazing index command and the possibility to search through the >> whole manual via regexps. I would really be interested in porting those >> wonderful features to the browser which is I guess the most common way >> for people to read manuals written in texinfo.
That sounds great. >> The principal reason that was refraining my proposal, is that I have >> never written any serious project in Javascript yet. I know its syntax, >> its object model, and as a Scheme programmer I am familiar with >> functional programming in general, however I am not fluent with the >> various Javascript APIs and the common idioms. > > > I suspect enthusiasm, plus familiarity with texinfo, are likely to be more > valuable than expert knowledge of the implementation language and APIs. Agreed. It looks like you know how to program already and I doubt that not knowing JavaScript would be a problem. The most important thing is that you are willing to put time into it. For anyone reading these mails who is not familiar with the requirements to be a candidate for Google Summer of Code, see https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/get-started/.
