From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 04:02:22 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20141205123549.GA29331@thyrsus.com> <87r3wem9g5.fsf@violet.siamics.net> <83bnnh3kt2.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1417834987 11969 80.91.229.3 (6 Dec 2014 03:03:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 03:03:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 06 04:03:01 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 1Xx5e6-0003Qu-Kv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 04:02:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53211 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xx5e6-0005I9-54 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:02:58 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52580) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xx5dy-0005Hu-R7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:02:56 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xx5dt-0005Ps-Gg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:02:50 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:35143) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xx5dt-0005PY-9t; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:02:45 -0500 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Xx5dX-0001t2-AK; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 04:02:23 +0100 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAMFBMVEUAAACtra2RkZFVVVU/ Pz/i4uIPDw8HBwcBAQFwcHD////7+/vv7+8qKioaGhrLy8uCaQm5AAAB0UlEQVQ4jXWTP0vDUBTF Dypah4ib0smxdOqsIM7WxTVgyOAqrZ+gfz5BZ7dWMuS2kqG6dHYqCF26dehS/ARGUBDvffclTRrN UML75dz77rmnoH8eUFQunkYug59WEcRzQrDc/SoIfMfFE9AoCIBLRD42JcGSjyB4lQeeFOFb+Thw c4IZ9soM6HNDcgPcyxzUb8LJSEYzlMoG0DGwWINXoEMK+m0401RwgVLVAqoAVwl4BrqUgEEbOxM9 H9aAagroBKgrGAP7tAYhsD1JBA8ZQD3gzH6hggSIxH5wmgOkJdKSa6BNk4oZYLoOkF47BTLYVnbQ FAzZCp5zWgBiXtbMNWC7M15mAB1yF/oDRE3ISosglh6tIpBMLDNJYhBVraDh2fCFuvNYWpqQJeHr dUzafdmxfqzhCzVXj7JkDZkNn/EeGgsNmYYvNFZyjzeWaMg0fD0TAKgXGjJ+juRdvJc5WKIhIxM+ 9R7Wvm4yGO/EeA9dRVLJRMxsUcBYSln7BlKqrkDWnUoq8r6tzSUzM+s4CxyNCjRknh2QBQsNHyjw WSoe8l1Gvmy3Jr6Iu6L0VBFjLpdZ6T5uuVfwbnpEd/xvHJ67et1vObrWW33Iz0s+JfnnFz8VUXPF i0meAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC X-Now-Playing: Xiu Xiu's _Stupid in the Dark Kid 606 Remixes_ X-Hashcash: 1:23:141206:emacs-devel@gnu.org::AG5NhqhCC226NAXj:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000nUD X-Hashcash: 1:23:141206:eliz@gnu.org::N0pm90NQ82gfUb8d:00000M6Po X-Hashcash: 1:23:141206:monnier@iro.umontreal.ca::HjgG2IrdSWhKNWCG:00000000000000000000000000000000000010q4U In-Reply-To: <83bnnh3kt2.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:26:17 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1Xx5dX-0001t2-AK MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1418439744.68441@N+fW/DgW+pW20pvqZYRe2w X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.224.195 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:179080 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > Dropping the only language which is well known to > all those who write Emacs documentation is simply insane. Yes. Texinfo isn't the best language in the world, but you can make drive-by contributors just write plain text, and it's OK. And maintainers can mark up things properly. Texinfo is not a problem. People wanting to replace Texinfo with is a problem. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no