Re: A Roadmap for TexInfo without Info

[Per Bothner]

On 11/24/2016 11:24 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Per Bothner <address@hidden>
> > Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 15:28:39 -0800
> > Cc: Texinfo <address@hidden>
> >
> > I would also add, as a needed, independent project:
> > * Change the standalone info program to a wrapper around 'emacs -nw'.
>
> I don't think it's a good idea.  Emacs is a relatively large package,
> and likely to not be installed on some systems, like the current
> mobile computers/phones.  the Emacs Info reader is for users who
> already have Emacs and use it actively enough to not want to fire up a
> separate reader.

I find it hard to imagine anyone using the info program on any system
where the resources needed to run Emacs would be much more than a
rounding error, except maybe if they're using really ancient hardware.

> The whole justification of the move to something based on HTML is to
> allow people to use the existing browsers to read the GNU
> documentation.

No, the justification and my argument goes way beyond that.

Please read: http://per.bothner.com/blog/2016/texinfo-roadmap/

Note that I added today a new "Problems with info" justification section

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