Re: Standalone 'info' should recode into display's encoding

[Per Bothner]

On 01/02/2014 12:03 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > For that matter: Why are we still maintaining the info program?  Why
> > not just have a script that calls 'emacs -nw'?  Don't say "emacs is
> > too big or slow" - that is no longer an issue.
>
> Compare this to making a simple phone call, and you use a tablet for
> that.  Accidentally pressing a wrong button, and you are lost, getting
> overflowed with zillions of different things.
>
> `emacs -nw' is nice for Emacs users, but not for everyone else.

Fair enough.   However it should be possible to open an info file in
"standalone-info" mode, which can disable "pressing the wrong button".

Just like GNOME was IIRC originally the Gimp toolkit, it might be
useful for Emacs to have some hooks for an "Emacs toolkit" useful
for creating standalone programs based on elisp.
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