Re: A Roadmap for TexInfo without Info

[Ineiev]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 11:02:18PM -0800, Per Bothner wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/24/2016 10:53 PM, Ineiev wrote:
> 
> >>This is another reason to replace the info program with a wrapper round 
> >>'emaca -nw'.
> >
> >Why not improve the info program?
> 
> Because it's a lot of duplicated and wasteful work, and nobody is doing it.
> 
> Emacs has to be able to layout info (and html) using both
> windowing systems and terminals.  Emacs does a good job of
> figuring out and making use of the capabilities of the terminal
> (such as highlighting, colours, and mouse support).
> The info program does not do as good a job as 'emacs -nw'.

The goodness of the job depends on the criteria. The info executable
typically fits in 250k; the emacs executable may not fit in 5M
when present.

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