From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs setup assistants Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 13:31:41 -0400 Organization: =?us-ascii?Q?=3D=3Fkoi8-r=3Fq=3F=3DF4=3DC5=3DCF=3DC4=3D?= =?us-ascii?Q?CF=3DD2=3D20=3DFA=3DCC=3DC1=3DD4=3DC1=3DCE=3DCF=3DD7=3F?= =?us-ascii?Q?=3D_=40_Cienfuegos?= Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <4nhdub2ef6.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1085075544 10861 80.91.224.253 (20 May 2004 17:52:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 17:52:24 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu May 20 19:52:13 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BQriH-0000JI-00 for ; Thu, 20 May 2004 19:52:13 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BQriH-0004RS-00 for ; Thu, 20 May 2004 19:52:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BQrfo-0006ER-FP for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 20 May 2004 13:49:40 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BQrf1-00064M-Pk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 May 2004 13:48:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BQreT-0005yr-Mt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 May 2004 13:48:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BQreT-0005yl-BW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 May 2004 13:48:17 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BQreS-0004cM-00 for ; Thu, 20 May 2004 19:48:16 +0200 Original-Received: from asimov.bwh.harvard.edu ([134.174.9.63]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 May 2004 19:48:16 +0200 Original-Received: from tzz by asimov.bwh.harvard.edu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 May 2004 19:48:16 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: asimov.bwh.harvard.edu X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:q6kKSx+G7XNP6ggwAoRwEd7Fw50= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:23791 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:23791 On Thu, 20 May 2004, rms@gnu.org wrote: > a) is there something to be gained by having the whole Texinfo > machinery available? > > If it is useful for the same text to acts also as a manual, then it is > useful to put this in Texinfo. However, that depends on avoiding the > need for any extensions to Texinfo, so that the current Makeinfo can > process the file. Would the @ifassistant ... @end ifassistant tags I proposed work? It seems like they would create the least amount of trouble for existing Texinfo documents and renderers, since they can just ignore those tags. Ted