Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 20:11:54 +0200 (SAT) From: csgr@omega.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet) To: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: csgr@omega.ru.ac.za, gclarkii@freefall.cdrom.com, ache@freefall.cdrom.com, adam@freefall.cdrom.com, alm@freefall.cdrom.com, ats@freefall.cdrom.com, bde@freefall.cdrom.com, csgr@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-other@freefall.cdrom.com, davidg@freefall.cdrom.com, dfr@freefall.cdrom.com, dyson@freefall.cdrom.com, gpalmer@freefall.cdrom.com, guido@freefall.cdrom.com, hsu@freefall.cdrom.com, joerg@freefall.cdrom.com, julian@freefall.cdrom.com, jvh@freefall.cdrom.com, karl@freefall.cdrom.com, martin@freefall.cdrom.com, nate@freefall.cdrom.com, paul@freefall.cdrom.com, phk@freefall.cdrom.com, proven@freefall.cdrom.com, pst@freefall.cdrom.com, rgrimes@freefall.cdrom.com, rich@freefall.cdrom.com, se@freefall.cdrom.com, sean@freefall.cdrom.com, sef@freefall.cdrom.com, smace@freefall.cdrom.com, sos@freefall.cdrom.com, torstenb@freefall.cdrom.com, wollman@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: gnu/usr.bin/texinfo - Imported sources Message-ID: <199409131811.UAA08429@braae> In-Reply-To: <28166.779476032@freefall.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Sep 13, 94 10:07:12 am
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Jordan K. Hubbard writes :
>
> There was, actually. We had this big long inconclusive debate that
> raged for 2 weeks or more where we were trying to hash out our new
> doc format, and everything from SGML to HTML to TeX to troff was
> suggested, usually with great vigor, and then absolutely nothing happened.
>
> When the bmaking of texinfo came up again, I said "go for it - we've
> been back and forth over that bridge multiple times and nobody can
> agree for spit and the majority of us don't even KNOW SGML so even if
> it's fantastically superior it won't matter because none of us will
> actually WRITE ANY DOC in it. Most of us know texinfo, and it can be
> converted to HTML or troff as necessary. Go for it. There's
> established precedent in Garrett's stuff, even."
I guess we have now committed ourselves to providing an installation
which will be cut down into separate optional components. I know a lot
of people who couldn't care much for texinfo, and while I realize that
there is an argument for including it, many regard this as creeping
featurism. (The gnu info interface sucks rocks anyhow, IMHO.)
I guess, as long as people are prepared to write .texi files for me,
and convert them into something I am happy reading, I won't complain
too loudly. (This is much the same as my attitude about using Latex.)
Geoff.
(Seriously, if I had a WYSIWYG interface for putting together Latex or
texinfo docs, I would use it, but until then I'll stick with Winword
;-), nevermind how much I hate Windoze ;-)
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