[erlang-questions] texinfo

Jim Menard jim.menard@REDACTED
Mon Jun 11 01:21:32 CEST 2007


On 6/10/07, Kenneth Lundin <kenneth.lundin@REDACTED> wrote:
[snip]
> I think that a well defined XML source should serve as a good starting point for
> many different purposes like online help in editors, nicer formatting etc.
> We already translate to LaTex for the pdf docs I don't know why texinfo would
> be an interesting format when we already have a formal markup with DTD's
> tailormade for the purpose. Please explain the benefits with texinfo.

It can be turned into an Emacs info node, so that everybody using
Emacs can read the docs from within their favorite operating
system^W^Weditor.

Jim
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