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Re: CSS file for texinfo HTML output

From: Per Bothner
Subject: Re: CSS file for texinfo HTML output
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 10:55:33 -0800
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On 02/08/2016 07:48 AM, Tom Tromey wrote:

Per> Also with JavaScript one could have the same keyboard shortcuts
Per> (more or less) as the info program or Emacs info mode.

See https://github.com/nicferrier/gnudoc-js


The demo link doesn't work so it's hard to try it out:
It depends on docker and elnode and proxying the GNU website.
Interesting, and probably has some useful code, but
it looks like a dead end to me.

What I have in mind is much simpler: Just a standalone
JavaScript file that could be imported in the HTML
file with a simple <script>, and doesn't require a
server or big libraries.

The attached (zip'd) info.js is a proof-of-concept.
It implements the 'n', 'p', and 'u' commands.

Just generate a single-file .html file:

makeinfo --html --no-split  -I . -o foo.html foo.texi

and then add the following in the <head>:

<script type="text/javascript" src="info.js"></script>

My prototype doesn't handle the more complex commands
like 'm' or searches, but that should be a "small matter of programming".
It might be reasonable (possibly optional) to hide nodes other than
the current one - especially for a home page, which one
doesn't want to look too cluttered.
Another possible enhancement would be to generate a side-bar
like I do for Kawa and DomTerm: http://domterm.org

The info.js is unnecessarily complex because the structure
of the html generated by makeinfo (texinfo 6.0) is very poor.
To start with texinfo really should generate id="xxx" attributes
rather than <a name="xxx"> nodes.

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