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: Changes to Texinfo DTD Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 19:11:45 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <8765heixvu.fsf@kanga.tapsellferrier.co.uk> <87ptfkdqss.fsf@kanga.tapsellferrier.co.uk> <20031122214251.GA14680@fencepost> <874qwuqjzw.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <200311241619.hAOGJ6W27027@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200312030147.hB31lUh20316@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <2914-Wed03Dec2003181809+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> <200312040254.hB42sjq25857@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070583664 26255 80.91.224.253 (5 Dec 2003 00:21:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 00:21:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, epameinondas@gmx.de, nferrier@tapsellferrier.co.uk, bob@rattlesnake.com, eliz@elta.co.il, karl@freefriends.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 05 01:21:00 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 1AS3iO-0003uj-00 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 01:21:00 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AS3iO-0007z2-00 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 01:21:00 +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 1AS4fg-0004gV-BR for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:22:16 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AS4Xh-0007Km-Rr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:14:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AS4XB-0007C2-DP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:14:00 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AS4XB-0007Bx-5V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:13:29 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1AS3ZR-0001uQ-Eb; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 19:11:45 -0500 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200312040254.hB42sjq25857@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:54:45 -0600 (CST)) 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:18404 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18404 5. Emacs will still need to be able to handle .info files, if no XML file is available, but certainly if we produce XML files from the .texi files, that case becomes marginal enough that we should not waste a lot of energy trying to do the impossible by attempting to present .info files in "nicer" ways than theoretically possible. It is conceivable that this situation will come to pass, but we should not presume it unless/until it actually happens. For the moment, Info format is important and is worth improving. If it happens some day that use of XML makes Info format unimportant, we can act accordingly.