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

[Gavin Smith]

On 20 March 2017 at 22:37, Per Bothner <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 03/20/2017 02:23 PM, Mathieu Lirzin wrote:
>>
>> 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.

That sounds great.

>> 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.
>
>
> I suspect enthusiasm, plus familiarity with texinfo, are likely to be more
> valuable than expert knowledge of the implementation language and APIs.

Agreed. It looks like you know how to program already and I doubt that
not knowing JavaScript would be a problem. The most important thing is
that you are willing to put time into it.

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