From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sven Axelsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Have you all gone crazy? Was: On being web-friendly and why info must die Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:54:09 +0100 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418838875 8685 80.91.229.3 (17 Dec 2014 17:54:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 17:54:35 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 17 18:54:25 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 1Y1Ino-0004Vm-UT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:54:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50923 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1Ino-0006rH-8l for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:54:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60822) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1Ing-0006oG-Op for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:54:20 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1Ina-0002vM-Tf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:54:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-la0-x22d.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::22d]:36916) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1Ina-0002uX-Ly for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:54:10 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-la0-f45.google.com with SMTP id gq15so13489765lab.4 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:54:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=b30u8NMCNWd3Yo5O7rCVyZqJBOSi1xiG8x58Z9Y96qU=; b=vb5ZeC1xTQvSCz2X7K0CRFOovLSwEc06KsTLe+6JlPGfv9VydDE3k4X7ZPiNTzG0a3 TK2edygj500hSnPRpHlAkwfZujwIatlJxBa/lwirPECTtQx11pX/vTfsvBuc0qBpLNIR d36PINkgXGmy+69QvDDcQSDaxZQk6QXoFVvDBzyffjkq1BGy70/NskfXO11xuJSQ3viB Uyv+6PeLUj8QFd0WMNoLpSjXh41LEXQEnvoEcbwAe/OBzKukNKMP/RlaVOME7ni5V5Yk ZZ+pze64949T9/CrOdP77u39x0nXpRWT3iEeqTns5FXT826Ia71gsdDKQJafJSFzJbeI OdDg== X-Received: by 10.112.43.66 with SMTP id u2mr36341714lbl.35.1418838849088; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:54:09 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.25.17.157 with HTTP; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:54:09 -0800 (PST) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c03::22d 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:180237 Archived-At: I have watched several of the recent threads regarding changing the documentation tool chain for no reason whatsoever from the sideline. And I really can't understand what's going on. Texinfo looks to me as a perfectly good format for writing structured documentation. The markup is a bit chatty, but not unreasonably so. And none of the suggested alternatives makes any /real/ difference for a potential documentation writer as far as I can see. Most of what has been discussed has /less/ functionality and /worse/ performance than what is used currently. So, why? If the only remaining reason for this change is to attract new, young and hip contributors, maybe it is also time to rewrite Emacs in Haskell and CoffeScript. That would surely bring in lots of new contributors and breathe new life into the project. Right? -- Sven Axelsson ++++++++++[>++++++++++>+++++++++++>++++++++++>++++++ >++++<<<<<-]>++++.+.++++.>+++++.>+.<<-.>>+.>++++.<<. +++.>-.<<++.>>----.<++.>>>++++++.<<<<.>>++++.<----.