From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nic Ferrier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: HTML-Info design Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 00:08:43 +0000 Message-ID: <877fxb71x0.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> References: <87y4q1fekv.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87fvc858c6.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87ioh4nf8k.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <83y4pzptpx.fsf@gnu.org> <871tnr1gqo.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <83bnmvowdb.fsf@gnu.org> <83ppbanqhe.fsf@gnu.org> <87vbl2xigp.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <83ioh2nlow.fsf@gnu.org> <87sig6xech.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <83fvc5ni0u.fsf@gnu.org> <87k31fwwyv.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <87bnmq9ibf.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <87wq5c8ybo.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1419811740 22199 80.91.229.3 (29 Dec 2014 00:09:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 00:09:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 29 01:08:53 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 1Y5NtE-0004SN-Ec for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 01:08:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59705 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y5NtD-00063C-K6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2014 19:08:51 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38318) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y5NtA-000635-3a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2014 19:08:48 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y5Nt6-0003mq-Ti for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2014 19:08:48 -0500 Original-Received: from static.17.66.46.78.clients.your-server.de ([78.46.66.17]:48409 helo=po1.ferrier.me.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y5Nt6-0003mk-N0; Sun, 28 Dec 2014 19:08:44 -0500 Original-Received: from nicferrier-dell-xps (140.35.155.90.in-addr.arpa [90.155.35.140]) by po1.ferrier.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C4C11AC068B; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 01:30:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from nicferrier-XPS13-9333 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nicferrier-dell-xps (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93C68608A5; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 00:08:43 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun, 28 Dec 2014 18:57:37 -0500") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 78.46.66.17 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:180784 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > > (presuming 3 is > > ok as just a "normal" web application). > > We don't want to put it into service as a "web application", but it is > ok to develop it that way at first. We can then adapt the code to > be loaded as a browser extension. I disagree with you there. I don't think a browser extension is very sensible (for various reasons which I'm happy to go into later). I think a web application that does not require a network connection is a much better idea. This is possible. But, of course, you are right that we don't have to have this discussion now. We can revisit it later once there is something that works. > > What else would I need to do? > > I think it would be good to set up a project and give others a way to > join in. I can promise to do that. I'll set something up on savannah and keep the Emacs client, the HTML based one and the texinfo->HTML generator there. Nic