Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die

[Paul Eggert]

On 12/09/2014 12:57 AM, David Kastrup wrote:
> > I do it all the time when I'm editing manuals, because I want to check
> > the output.
> But that's one manual then, not all the manuals.

Sometimes it's just one Emacs manual, but often enough I'm editing 
multiple manuals.  Plus, even if it's just one manual, Texinfo 5 is 
still waayyy toooo sloooowww.

> Make doc for LilyPond takes over an hour.

That's too bad.  It shouldn't take an hour to check out one's changes to 
the documentation.  That's a sure way to discourage contributions to the 
documentation.

> Texinfo is a small project. If one is serious about wanting to invest 
> time ("we need to do better" suggests so), it is likely spent quite 
> effectively there. 

Only if we assume that Texinfo is the way to go for the future.  If not, 
our time is spent more effectively elsewhere.