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Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die
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Thien-Thi Nguyen |
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Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die |
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Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:07:33 +0100 |
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() address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès)
() Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:57:01 +0100
Has IXIN been ruled out already?
Probably the README is not enticing enough for Emacs hackers.
Maybe this patch will help:
commit b70b103663478a3dc1a0134418b950e67303893b
Author: Thien-Thi Nguyen <address@hidden>
Date: 2014-12-17 09:35:56 +0100
[maint] Mention p-o-c rendering program domain in README; nfc.
---
README | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/README b/README
index 5625597..8f9f8cb 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ See end for copying conditions.
[[file:c/]] contains some simple command-line utilities to write and
read the file format, and a proof-of-concept rendering program.
+ (Think of it as a potential info.el replacement for Emacs.)
[[file:d/]] contains the some pre-built .sxml and .ixin files.
[[file:d/GNUmakefile]] supports "make demo" and "make demo-zow",
I will add some more marketing in README and release 1.9, which
will include the following changes, shortly:
b70b103 2014-12-17 [maint] Mention p-o-c rendering program domain in README;
nfc.
6c75fc1 2013-07-24 [maint] Reformat NEWS; nfc.
01e430d 2013-02-18 No longer distribute {epsf,texinfo}.tex.
9ba97fe 2013-02-18 [spec int] Fix typo: Include "(news)" heading.
The "IX" in "IXIN" stands for "indexed", the most important
piece of metainfo in a manual, IMHO. A high-quality index
communicates the authors' priorities and intent; those who
consult/browse it save time and gain aligned perspective.
I think any proposed info format replacement that demotes
index support to second-class is a dissipative WOMBAT at best.
To me, "second-class" includes remote (server) protocols, etc.
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- Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die, (continued)
- Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2014/12/15
- Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die, David Kastrup, 2014/12/15
- Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2014/12/15
- Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die, David Kastrup, 2014/12/15
- Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2014/12/15
- Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die, David Kastrup, 2014/12/15
- Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die, David Kastrup, 2014/12/15
- Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die, Richard Stallman, 2014/12/16
- Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die, Richard Stallman, 2014/12/16
- Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die, Ludovic Courtès, 2014/12/16
- Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die,
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