Re: A Roadmap for TexInfo without Info

[Per Bothner]

On 11/24/2016 11:55 AM, Assaf Gordon wrote:
> one minor annoyance that stems from the "info" format: the references 
> (@ref/@xref/@pxref).
>
> When writing a manual and using references, they are rendered differently in 
> each format (info/html/pdf).

The emacs info mode does a better job with references, so they look more like 
they would in html.
This is true even if you run emacs in a terminal (with the -nw flag).

This is another reason to replace the info program with a wrapper round 'emaca 
-nw'.

> I guess one can always ignore the generated "info" format, and just ensure it looks good 
> on HTML/PDF - but is that a valid approach? e.g. I'm working on improving sed's manual - would it 
> be acceptable to say that sed-4.3's manual doesn't work with "info" ?

I wouldn't go as far as to say it "doesn't work", but I wouldn't spend time
worrying about it.

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