From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: HTML-Info design Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 09:12:04 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87y4q1fekv.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87fvc858c6.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87ioh4nf8k.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <83y4pzptpx.fsf@gnu.org> <871tnr1gqo.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <83bnmvowdb.fsf@gnu.org> <83ppbanqhe.fsf@gnu.org> <87vbl2xigp.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <83ioh2nlow.fsf@gnu.org> <87sig6xech.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <83fvc5ni0u.fsf@gnu.org> <87k31fwwyv.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <87bnmq9ibf.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <87vbkvgt5j.fsf@mail.linkov.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1419862354 31166 80.91.229.3 (29 Dec 2014 14:12:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 14:12:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@gnu.org, stephen@xemacs.org, Richard Stallman , Nic Ferrier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 29 15:12:26 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 1Y5b3Z-0007me-SG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 15:12:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33536 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y5b3Z-0001Pg-1y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 09:12:25 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57038) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y5b3L-0001OG-LF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 09:12:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y5b3K-00089t-UA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 09:12:11 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:22640) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y5b3F-00088w-I3; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 09:12:05 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AskIAOwQflRFpY0B/2dsb2JhbABbgweDYMp3BAICgSQXAQEBAQEBfIQDAQEDAVYjBQsLNBIUGA0kiEoJ1lkBAQEBBgEBAQEekG8HhEgFiwGkLoF4hBkhgncBAQE X-IPAS-Result: AskIAOwQflRFpY0B/2dsb2JhbABbgweDYMp3BAICgSQXAQEBAQEBfIQDAQEDAVYjBQsLNBIUGA0kiEoJ1lkBAQEBBgEBAQEekG8HhEgFiwGkLoF4hBkhgncBAQE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.07,502,1413259200"; d="scan'208";a="103828534" Original-Received: from 69-165-141-1.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.141.1]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 29 Dec 2014 09:12:04 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id B5E8B1F66; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 09:12:04 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87vbkvgt5j.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (Juri Linkov's message of "Mon, 29 Dec 2014 02:59:52 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 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:180825 Archived-At: > A Firefox extension requires the users to install it, > so this won't be a convenient option to use HTML-Info manuals. A an extension installed separately lets the user choose which version to install, lets her hack on it easily, ... A version bundled in the HTML files would force the user to use exactly that code with no practical control over it. Even if that Javascript code is GPL'd, in practice the user doesn't have much more option to modify it than in a Tivo device. Remember what the first "F" in "FSF" stands for? Stefan