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On 09/06/14 16:44, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Raffaele Ricciardi <rfflrccrd@gmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:57:49 +0200
>>
>> I have failed to convert the HTML version to plain text with both the
>> `html2text' Emacs command and two external utilities.  Maybe I could
>> try with either the Texinfo or the Info version?  If so then how?
>
> You can create a plain text version from the Texinfo sources by
> running 'makeinfo' with the --plaintext option.
>

Perfect.  This way, the resulting text document looks the closest to 
what plain-text versions of the manual looked in the past.  Thanks.