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

["Johan Myréen" <johan.myreen@gmail.com>]

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One data point. From the Arch Linux Wiki (
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GNU):

While most GNU software also provides man pages
> <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Man_page>, the Info documents tend to
> be more comprehensive. To view an Info document, simply enter:

$ info
*page_name*

Admittedly, Arch Linux is a niche Linux distribution.


On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 at 22:06, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > 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.
>
>

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