Re: A Roadmap for TexInfo without Info

[Gavin Smith]

On 27 January 2017 at 07:48, Per Bothner <address@hidden> wrote:
> What is interesting about the prototype (besides the sidebar) is that
> it *enables* (but does not implement) features like whole-document search.
> This is difficult and/or expensive with a normal multiple-page
> implementation.
> The prototype implementation can load the entire document *if needed*:
> Normally, it only loads pages as you visit them, but previously-loaded
> pages are still in the "frameset" and accessible without network access.
> To do whole-document search you do need to load all the pages, but no
> page is loaded more than once, even if you do many searches, and do lots
> of back-and-forth navigation.
>
> It's the best of both worlds: The benefits of --no-split (e.g. efficient
> search of the entire document; no reload as you navigate back and forth)
> with the benefits of --split (fast startup; don't download pages you don't
> need).

I see. That sounds like a good idea.