From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: HTML-Info design Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:09:25 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87h9wqimf0.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <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> <87vbkvgt5j.fsf@mail.linkov.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1419898223 10490 80.91.229.3 (30 Dec 2014 00:10:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 00:10:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel devel , Stefan Monnier , Nic Ferrier , Eli Zaretskii , Juri Linkov , Stephen Turnbull To: "Richard M. Stallman" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 30 01:10:16 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 1Y5kO6-0006uV-FT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:10:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35195 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y5kO5-0000F0-H7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:10:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41267) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y5kO2-0000Dy-9c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:10:11 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y5kO1-0005pd-CK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:10:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-x236.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::236]:33006) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y5kNy-0005js-Nf; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:10:06 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wi0-f182.google.com with SMTP id h11so23202833wiw.15; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:10:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=K7AOzpOcIFDjbjciOTpjdUGvDwoo+kIvJT95Sl4P5a8=; b=HV8QOgAbrS1i6aBI4pSL58akmGRPBFTEya+1fbOxMh3ttZ2Y6BkaLliaWaH3zEM8ID 5wYmEv0OsHln0wgmY/xvZuOVPvTYbg24sBxNeJdxwm4PvZ/bONr3A0aHE8XxE+bQTB7G UjBNDzmldHMGnIT3OByNnfC1uLpKakq+i+7JfPv6QadQTEIoPkrC7+yVLCwAEfBL4/G4 rtRmAhtf3VbeJM1yW1lPoEKMlQcA72zDABxwY5RgiOs5aSiE4KVSgKWxSASzU95WRX/m F0j2v+5KcI+CTb4QqZ+MflOixUhyxVAM4EMV0ItBeLlAmuGA8B+PQzfQZoASaf9LD2gf L88g== X-Received: by 10.194.184.171 with SMTP id ev11mr113241712wjc.119.1419898206105; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:10:06 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.194.93.228 with HTTP; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:09:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c05::236 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:180873 Archived-At: On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 12:24 AM, Richard Stallman wrote: > > > It would be great to include JavaScript in the output generated by makeinfo. > > I've decided against this. I wonder if that is a misunderstanding? A JavaScript (EcmaScript) solution could be valuable for browsing the HTML documentation stored locally. A search engine solution could give a similar functionality as part of an online search of the HTML documentation on the web. (A search engine can be used locally to, but that looks rather inconvenient to me.) > > > 3. An extension for Firefox to implement Info-style commands > > > using that data. > > > A Firefox extension requires the users to install it, > > so this won't be a convenient option to use HTML-Info manuals. > > I've made this decision on ethical grounds. The ethical issue > overrides that practical one (which is a small one, after all). What is unethical about using EcmaScript instead? Or, do I misunderstand you?