Re: A Roadmap for TexInfo without Info

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Per Bothner <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 15:34:38 -0800
> Cc: Texinfo <address@hidden>
> 
> > 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.

But it fails, sometimes spectacularly so, in some not-so-rare cases.
It definitely causes the text to appear not correctly laid-out,
because in the Info format the layout is done at generation time, not
at display time.

The truth is that the Info format cannot be "fixed" at display time,
except in very marginal cases.

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

I don't see that as a serious reason.

> > 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.

OTOH, this Info junkie will complain vociferously if the next manual
for my beloved Sed doesn't support Info.