Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die

[David Kastrup]

"Eric S. Raymond" <address@hidden> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>:
>> > Because Texinfo is a barrier in itself, full of ceremony and heavyweight
>> > markup.
>> 
>> Nonsense.
>
> You have Texinfo markup in your fingertips.  So do I.  The difference
> is, I can perform the cognitive distancing act required to see how it
> looks to newbies.  Apparently you can't.

When looking at existing Texinfo source, I get a good idea of how to
write Texinfo markup of my own.  When looking at AsciiDoc, I have no
clue since it is not apparent what is formatting, and what is content.

-- 
David Kastrup