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

[Mathieu Lirzin]

Hello,

Gavin Smith <address@hidden> writes:

> 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.

As suggested by Per, I have re-read his texinfo roadmap in more details.
This reading has been really helpful to understand the various issues
regarding the HTML output and learn about the possible solutions that
will allow a better Web UI.

I have sent a draft of my proposal which can be found here:

  http://mathieu.lirzin.emi.u-bordeaux.fr/gsoc/texinfo.pdf

Any comment or remark that could help improving my proposal before the
due date are welcome.

Sorry for the delay (This is a busy period for me at the University).

Thanks to both of you for your encouraging words.

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Mathieu Lirzin
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