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: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:45:37 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20141205123549.GA29331@thyrsus.com> <87388p6glt.fsf@engster.org> <871to9lw6g.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <5486A704.6090305@cs.ucla.edu> <87k321jj4e.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <54876F7F.9000607@cs.ucla.edu> <87y4qfj2u9.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <54889A57.5060905@cs.ucla.edu> <87vbljb9f4.fsf@wanadoo.es> <54889F6D.6060408@cs.ucla.edu> <87r3w7b83a.fsf@wanadoo.es> <5488C710.3000209@cs.ucla.edu> <871to7ayv9.fsf@wanadoo.es> <5488DC0C.2070402@cs.ucla.edu> <837fxyt78a.fsf@gnu.org> <87iohiujcy.fsf@Gertrud.fritz.box> <8761dg1ykk.fsf@Gertrud.fritz.box> <87388jz1ss.fsf@Gertrud.fritz.box> <87oar4x0ac.fsf@Gertrud.fritz.box> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418831166 32753 80.91.229.3 (17 Dec 2014 15:46:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:46:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stromeko@nexgo.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Yuri Khan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 17 16:46:00 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 1Y1GnQ-0005K6-5w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:45:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50352 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1GnP-0000rr-FD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:45:51 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37073) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1GnI-0000q0-2V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:45:44 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1GnD-0008Eo-26 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:45:43 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:60462) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1GnC-0008Ef-VQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:45:38 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1GnB-0001Vf-LG; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:45:37 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Yuri Khan on Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:29:31 +0700) 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:180232 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. ]]] > Appearance is not everything. As a user of a hypothetical HTML-Info, I > want to be able to restyle (customize the appearance of) elements with > different semantics differently and conveniently. I have nothing against it -- but I don't think it is a crucial functionality. We do not need to reject documentation formats that don't support it. -- 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.