Have you all gone crazy? Was: On being web-friendly and why info must die

[Sven Axelsson]

I have watched several of the recent threads regarding changing the
documentation tool chain for no reason whatsoever from the sideline.
And I really can't understand what's going on. Texinfo looks to me as
a perfectly good format for writing structured documentation. The
markup is a bit chatty, but not unreasonably so. And none of the
suggested alternatives makes any /real/ difference for a potential
documentation writer as far as I can see. Most of what has been
discussed has /less/ functionality and /worse/ performance than what
is used currently. So, why?

If the only remaining reason for this change is to attract new, young
and hip contributors, maybe it is also time to rewrite Emacs in
Haskell and CoffeScript. That would surely bring in lots of new
contributors and breathe new life into the project. Right?

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Sven Axelsson
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