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> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:13:22 -0400
> Cc: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>, ding@gnus.org,
> 	emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> 
> Info has serious shortcomings which are hard to circumvent.  E.g. it's
> pre-formatted.

For manuals we produce ourselves, using the --fill-column switch to
makeinfo can easily overcome the pre-formatted thing.

Any other serious shortcomings?