From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:41:24 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20141205123549.GA29331@thyrsus.com> <87ppbqb6s1.fsf@gnu.org> <87388mme16.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87a92u86wv.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418402501 19242 80.91.229.3 (12 Dec 2014 16:41:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:41:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: esr@thyrsus.com, phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 12 17:41:35 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 1XzTHb-0002XL-Hx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:41:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58284 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzTHb-0003sA-2Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:41:35 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42067) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzTHW-0003pU-4d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:41:30 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzTHR-0000yL-Es for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:41:30 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:58387) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzTHR-0000yH-A2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:41:25 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzTHQ-00020L-F3; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:41:24 -0500 In-reply-to: <87a92u86wv.fsf@gnu.org> (ludo@gnu.org) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:179937 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > The problem is that GNU manuals refer to each other, and Texinfo nodes > are part of their public interface, in a way. > Leaving out cross-manual refs would be a big loss for GNU as a project > to develop a coherent system, because manuals would be left isolated. Thanks for remembering this feature. We certainly want inter-manual cross references. Input formats need to be able to support them. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.