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: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:30:28 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20141205123549.GA29331@thyrsus.com> <2815659.zRQ0WWWeRr@descartes> <20141205175810.GD3120@thyrsus.com> <87wq66ufyt.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87zjb04tlw.fsf@gmx.us> <87bnnfve9c.fsf@dod.no> <871to5kt1a.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87y4q8yi4j.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418787067 31719 80.91.229.3 (17 Dec 2014 03:31:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 03:31:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, sb@dod.no, kyle.c.andrews@gmail.com To: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 17 04:31:00 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 1Y15K2-0005Fv-W8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:30:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47738 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y15K2-0006hY-Gd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:30:46 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42060) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y15Jn-0006fD-Iq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:30:33 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y15Jm-0000oB-HZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:30:31 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:48456) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y15Jm-0000o4-7Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:30:30 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y15Jk-0007Ou-Pz; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:30:28 -0500 In-reply-to: <87y4q8yi4j.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> (phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk) 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:180208 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. ]]] > I find texinfo a fairly busy format because of all the menus and node > information. I'm sorry you dislike it, but that information has to be specified in the manual source somehow. > The semantics of navigation is not something that I care > about as an author. I don't understand what change you have in mind. What we document in the Texinfo manual is what you need to know to write that part of the manual. You seem to think we could omit it, but I don't see how that could work. -- 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.