Re: A Roadmap for TexInfo without Info

[Per Bothner]

On 11/24/2016 11:22 PM, Ineiev wrote:
> 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.

And why do you care?  5M is peanuts these days.

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