From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: terminal escapes in Info files? Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:01:41 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200310280126.h9S1Q9N16202@f7.net> <20031028105102.GA7330@dirtyweb.penguinpowered.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1067455498 24685 80.91.224.253 (29 Oct 2003 19:24:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 19:24:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@elta.co.il, emacs-devel@gnu.org, karl@freefriends.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 29 20:24:55 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 1AEvw7-0006AH-00 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 20:24:55 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AEvw7-0003AA-00 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 20:24:55 +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 1AEvvB-00023v-Cx for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:23:57 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AEvfm-00060f-1p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:08:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AEveo-0005RB-9i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:07:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AEven-0005Ql-ME for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:07:01 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1AEvZd-0004OP-MG; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:01:41 -0500 Original-To: Alper Ersoy In-reply-to: <20031028105102.GA7330@dirtyweb.penguinpowered.com> (message from Alper Ersoy on Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:51:03 +0200) 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:17569 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:17569 1) Older versions friendly, 2) Future versions friendly. (1) is using ANSI escapes directly in Info files. The benefit is, these files will still be displayed correctly by older versions of info when -R option is given (though I'm not sure about emacs.) it wont work in emacs. The downside is, Info becomes an intermediate format rather than a final one, always asking for an additional step in the browsers. Display will be totally screwed in older versions[1]. this is true for both #1 and #2. both would need conversion for emacs to display them. both would need conversion to display them properly in stand-alone info, on a non-ansi terminal.