Re: Latest texi/info to www

[Karl Eichwalder]

Harry Putnam <address@hidden> writes:

> Lacking index search is a major drawback of html documentation.  A
> regexp search also sorely lacking.  Makes me wonder why some people
> prefer html style to info.  I think its usually just lack of
> familiarity with navigation commands, and ignorance of the powerfull
> on board search techniques.

Yes, mostly.  Up till Emacs 20 only monospace fonts were possible for
good results; Emacs 21 will allow proportional fonts.  Advantage: The
same Emacs buffer can hold more text (if re-wrapping of lines will be
allowed).

> The `answer book' style is a great step up from just having `Find in
> page' but really weak compared to info.

In the future the GNOME helpsystem is considered to provide similar
features for > different input formats (DocBook, Info, manpages).

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