Re: Proposal: Include C Manual from RMS in Emacs git, and/or release

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Arsen Arsenović <arsen@aarsen.me>
> Cc: jb@jeremybryant.net,  emacs-devel@gnu.org,  rms@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 19:08:40 +0100
> 
> > So I don't see how that move could damage the reputation of Texinfo.
> 
> Emacs is extremely niche, while reading the documentation of various GNU
> packages is not.  Ergo, we recommend people to read documentation using
> info (see e.g. help2man generated output) - as we should.

Actually, I believe most people read the HTML version of the Texinfo
documentation.

> > Do you have any information to suggest that many people use the
> > stand-alone reader?
> 
> Do you have information to suggest that many people use the in-Emacs
> reader?  I certainly do use it, so we can put that a mark on the
> chalkboard.

I think Emacs users use Emacs (of course), and the rest read the
manuals in their HTML format.  I have yet to see a number of people
who use the stand-alone reader that cannot be counted on the fingers
of a single hand.  (And don't misunderstand me: I think the
stand-alone Info reader is great, and personally invested quite a few
efforts in developing and porting it.  My Windows port of Texinfo,
routinely available from the ezwinports site, is one of a couple,
perhaps even the only one, which includes a fully functional Windows
port of the stand-alone Info reader.)

Anyway, the initiative for moving info.info to Emacs was from the
Texinfo developers (I'm sure you can find the relevant discussions in
the archives).  So if you think it should be moved back, feel free to
take it up with them.