From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eric S. Raymond" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 16:51:38 -0500 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs Message-ID: <20141205215138.GF7784@thyrsus.com> References: <20141205123549.GA29331@thyrsus.com> <2815659.zRQ0WWWeRr@descartes> <20141205175810.GD3120@thyrsus.com> <87lhmlncb1.fsf@earlgrey.lan> <20141205193643.GB5067@thyrsus.com> <87tx19rd1b.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1417816362 28775 80.91.229.3 (5 Dec 2014 21:52:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 21:52:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 05 22:52:32 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xx0ng-0006KE-0g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:52:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52602 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xx0nf-00011g-Mq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 16:52:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53342) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xx0nZ-00010g-Ox for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 16:52:29 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xx0nV-0007nO-Gm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 16:52:25 -0500 Original-Received: from static-71-162-243-5.phlapa.fios.verizon.net ([71.162.243.5]:58757 helo=snark.thyrsus.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xx0nJ-0007lq-27; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 16:52:09 -0500 Original-Received: by snark.thyrsus.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B9AF7383581; Fri, 5 Dec 2014 16:51:38 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87tx19rd1b.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 71.162.243.5 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:179029 Archived-At: David Kastrup : > > But it would still be Texinfo, still be an essentially pointless > > barrier to learning how to contribute. > > As opposed to AsciiDoc? Really? Yes, asciidoc is far easier. I speak as an experienced user of both. > So if we don't have better alternatives, why not stick with what we > have? Because it's ugly, heavyweight, and a barrier to entry. I know you do not understand this. Alas, your failure to understand it does not prevent it from being a problem. -- Eric S. Raymond