From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nic Ferrier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Changes to Texinfo DTD Date: 22 Nov 2003 21:56:47 +0000 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87k75sdq3k.fsf@kanga.tapsellferrier.co.uk> References: <8765heixvu.fsf@kanga.tapsellferrier.co.uk> <87ptfkdqss.fsf@kanga.tapsellferrier.co.uk> <20031122214251.GA14680@fencepost> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069538566 4576 80.91.224.253 (22 Nov 2003 22:02:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 22:02:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: epameinondas@gmx.de, bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 22 23:02:43 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ANfpz-0007C2-00 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 23:02:43 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ANfpz-0006eg-00 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 23:02:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ANgih-00079E-KA for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:59:15 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ANgiU-00078q-3k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:59:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ANghy-00076W-Bj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:59:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.34.135.17] (helo=tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ANghx-00076R-Sk; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:58:30 -0500 Original-Received: from host217-34-135-22.in-addr.btopenworld.com ([217.34.135.22] helo=kanga.tapsellferrier.co.uk) by tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ANfkR-0001Q5-00; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 21:56:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=kanga.tapsellferrier.co.uk ident=nferrier) by kanga.tapsellferrier.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ANfkG-0003xl-00; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 21:56:48 +0000 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <20031122214251.GA14680@fencepost> Original-Lines: 25 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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:18040 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18040 Miles Bader writes: > On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 09:41:39PM +0000, Nic Ferrier wrote: > > 2. write an XSLT processor in Emacs Lisp. This wouldn't be as > > difficult as it sounds and I'm not sure it isn't done already (by > > one of the various XML/Emacs projects going on). > > The main question in my mind is whether this would be fast enough -- the > current info mechanism, though it has its problems, can display info pages > very quickly. As a point of contrast, W3 is _very_ slow (I think it would be > completely unsuitable for use in displaying info files). In this response to rms I was not suggesting W3. I was talking about writing an XSLT processor in emacs lisp. XSLT is pretty quick unless memory is very limited or the transformation it is given is particularly complex. Bob Chassell and I are intending that Emacs/W3 be used as a platform for viewing our new HTML version of Texinfo. And yes, speed is a concern. Nic