From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Divergence in menu appearance between Emacs Info and standalone Info Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 19:56:40 -0400 (EDT) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200306041404.h54E4SO30552@f7.net> <5x8ysg6p4r.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200306052323.h55NNr4B002965@rum.cs.yale.edu> Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054858057 28917 80.91.224.249 (6 Jun 2003 00:07:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 00:07:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 06 02:07:35 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19O4lb-0007W6-00 for ; Fri, 06 Jun 2003 02:07:35 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19O53t-00078r-00 for ; Fri, 06 Jun 2003 02:26:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19O4n8-00082o-MJ for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2003 20:09:10 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19O4lO-00068b-Fd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2003 20:07:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19O4io-0005BB-Co for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2003 20:04:43 -0400 Original-Received: from megalith.rattlesnake.com ([140.186.114.245] helo=rattlesnake.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19O4fo-0001i9-KJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2003 20:01:37 -0400 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.114) Thu, 5 Jun 2003 19:56:40 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-reply-to: <200306052323.h55NNr4B002965@rum.cs.yale.edu> (monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:14806 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14806 "Stefan Monnier" wrote: Sure, I love Info for all those things and more. But what does it have to do with whether or not node names are shown prominently in menus and xrefs ? You probably don't have any trouble writing good Texinfo, but I have read too much bad documentation to like an output format that does not help a novice writer understand Texinfo. I fear the Web browser mindset, which is to accept an inefficient and obsolete tool as if it were modern. -- Robert J. Chassell Rattlesnake Enterprises http://www.rattlesnake.com GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 http://www.teak.cc bob@rattlesnake.com