On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 07:48:13PM +0200, Franz Fritsche wrote: > Hi all! > > > And if we are limited to tex and html, we can get nice print outs, and poor > > web sites, but no form in which we can read it on a simple text terminal > > without a browser. > > > Hmmm... I just try to figure out when I was forced to work solely on > a simple text terminal (without browser - lynx or so...!!!)... ;-)))
You were not here around a year ago, where you? :) lynx is fine, but sometimes it can be quite annoying, too. Anyway, a web capable browser is a little overkill. > > texinfo is not only the GNU format, it also has a decent viewer, and > > converts nicely to all sort of formats. > > > I think these are important points... I -as a web designer an > promoter of the "internet idea" (information distribution)- of course > prefer HTML as a distribution media... ;-))) > > But distribution is not the same thing as usage for technical > (documentation) purposes... [I think] Well, texinfo gives nice HTML output. See for example the Hurd reference info at http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/reference-manual/hurd.html > Are there texinfo tool for Windows? [Never forget that ther ARE > people out there who actually work with this devil thing...] Too late, I already forgot. But the cygnus guys didn't (search for cygwin32). Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
