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Re: What I have against info

From: Erik Arneson <erik@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: What I have against info
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 09:31:58 -0700
Organization: AARG! Net
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On 17-Aug-2004, Steve Youngs <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> * Johann Gunnar Oskarsson <johann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>   > It just seems ... evil to me, to actually make an info reader that
>   > works around the crud in the generated info files, when it's possible
>   > to generate better looking html (which'll be easier to render and so
>   > on and so forth).
>
> Oh God! HTbloodyML for docs?  As a customisable alternative option,
> sure no problem.  As the default, no fucking way!

Certainly texinfo has its downfall, but with properly written texinfo,
the user can produce info, DVI, PDF, HTML, or even plain text.  I guess
I am not sure why Johann thinks he's stuck with info, when he's got all
the original .texi files available?

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