Re: A Roadmap for TexInfo without Info

[Per Bothner]

On 11/24/2016 12:16 AM, Gavin Smith wrote:
> On 23 November 2016 at 19:33, Per Bothner <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I've talked before about getting rid of the info format.
> > I've written up a draft roadmap / plan of action with more details:
> >
> > http://per.bothner.com/blog/2016/texinfo-roadmap/
>
> > Its weakness is the “info” file format
>
> Why is that a weakness? Surely people can ignore the "info" file
> format if they want to and focus on the HTML, DocBook and/or printed
> (TeX) output?

I added a "Problems with info" section that I hope answers these questions.

> There are some projects that you mention that could be useful. They
> could be undertaken on their own and produce something useful:
>
> * modify texi2any to have an option to output HTML5

Yes, I think that is a desirable step.  But in my opinion:  just "HTML5"
is not enough - it would be clean well-structured html5.  The current --html
output is not.

> * create a HTML documentation reader in JavaScript with advanced features

> * work on distribution or installation of HTML files. for example,
> this could be done by a GNU/Linux distribution that wants to make HTML
> documentation available.

I would also add, as a needed, independent project:
* Change the standalone info program to a wrapper around 'emacs -nw'.
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