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Subject: Re: [External] : Re: Indentation conventions for Info manuals;
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> From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 12:49:32 +0700
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, "emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> 
> You *want* nice variable-pitch text in Info, so you *ask for* a way to
> distinguish code from body text in the Info output format, but what
> you really *need* is the HTML output and a convenient browser for
> that.

Yes, I believe the right direction to having a better styled display
of manuals is to begin with the HTML output.  The Texinfo developers
are actually moving in that direction: to make the HTML output more
functional, so that it doesn't miss the important advantages of Info.