From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, ttn@glug.org,
karl@freefriends.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode)
Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 21:51:03 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7048-Wed08May2002215100+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ilu1ycmhd6j.fsf@extundo.com> (message from Simon Josefsson on Wed, 08 May 2002 17:28:04 +0200)
> From: Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
> Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 17:28:04 +0200
>
> > If extending info.el is the issue, I tend to agree with Kai: implementing
> > a whole new browser sounds like a large job. Much larger than making it
> > possible to display inline images in an Info file.
>
> But there could be other reasons for switching. Perhaps HTML isn't
> the best format, I agree with most of the reasons presented here,
> although I'm sure it could be made to work. But what about DocBook?
My gut feeling is that switching to _any_ other format would be a lot
of effort for little or no benefit. The number of features, in Emacs
and elsewhere, that are based on Info is enormous.
By contrast, adding an ability to display images in Info files is a
much simpler job.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-08 18:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-04-30 21:19 Reveal mode Richard Stallman
2002-05-01 20:30 ` Pavel Janík
2002-05-01 23:34 ` Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode) Kim F. Storm
2002-05-02 5:16 ` Enhancements to options menu Karl Eichwalder
2002-05-02 11:39 ` Per Abrahamsen
2002-05-02 20:20 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-02 23:48 ` Karl Eichwalder
2002-05-03 18:25 ` Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode) Richard Stallman
2002-05-03 23:54 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-04 0:39 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2002-05-04 8:58 ` Pavel Janík
2002-05-05 23:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-07 15:38 ` Pavel Janík
2002-05-07 16:33 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-05-07 18:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-07 19:11 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-05-08 0:27 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-08 2:51 ` Colin Walters
2002-05-08 3:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-08 16:10 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-08 4:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-08 11:24 ` Per Abrahamsen
2002-05-08 13:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-08 13:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-08 13:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-08 14:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-08 14:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-08 15:28 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-05-08 15:43 ` Alan Shutko
2002-05-12 5:26 ` Karl Eichwalder
2002-05-12 5:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-08 15:46 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-08 16:31 ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-05-08 18:51 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2002-05-08 15:27 ` Karl Eichwalder
2002-05-08 16:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-09 14:59 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-09 16:53 ` Karl Eichwalder
2002-05-09 17:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-09 18:26 ` Karl Eichwalder
2002-05-09 18:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-08 14:02 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-05-08 15:31 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-05-08 15:55 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-05-07 23:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-08 6:03 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2002-05-08 13:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-08 13:59 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-04 9:32 ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-04 15:01 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-04 18:44 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-05 17:45 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-05 22:24 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-06 4:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-06 6:30 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-06 9:17 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-06 19:32 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-06 19:32 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-06 23:12 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-07 20:07 ` Richard Stallman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-05-07 18:30 Karl Berry
2002-05-07 19:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-08 17:11 Karl Berry
2002-05-08 17:19 ` Alan Shutko
2002-05-08 17:27 Karl Berry
2002-05-08 17:40 ` Miles Bader
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