[GSoC] Proposal for JavaScript for info-style navigation.

[Mathieu Lirzin]

Hello,

I know I am a bit late but after a second thought, I have decided to
candidate for the project "JavaScript for info-style navigation".

As an extensive Emacs user, I really enjoy reading Info manuals because
of the amazing index command and the possibility to search through the
whole manual via regexps.  I would really be interested in porting those
wonderful features to the browser which is I guess the most common way
for people to read manuals written in texinfo.

The principal reason that was refraining my proposal, is that I have
never written any serious project in Javascript yet.  I know its syntax,
its object model, and as a Scheme programmer I am familiar with
functional programming in general, however I am not fluent with the
various Javascript APIs and the common idioms.

Having said that I am willing to overcome my deficiencies and become
more familiar with Javascript.  The fact that Per Bothner has already
written some parts of the implementation will help me.

What do people think?

Thanks.

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Mathieu Lirzin
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PS: I am also candidating for a Guix related project in parallel