Re: easy install and man-like behavior

[W. L. Estes]

> > > - along the same lines, the cron job could even build the info files
> > >   from texinfo files (like catman does for nroff->ascii), so that
> > >   `cp foo.texi /usr/local/doc' is all it takes to install a documentation

Actually, this is not so simple as it might seem. Some packages have
their .texi files depending on other (non-texinfo) files to complete
the creation of .info files. (E.g. you stick the version number of the
package somewhere and have the .texi file include it in some way.)
I.e. it wouldnt be possible for all texinfo files to be handled this
way. (Which is not to say that it isn't worth doing for authors who
want to write .texi files which could be handled this way.)

--Will