Re: Variable pitch mode line

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:

> I haven't had the time to read through this thread, but can someone
> assure me that the existing Info format and reader will remain, and that
> Emacs documentation will continue to be generated in that format?

Yes, the Emacs documentation will continue to be available in all the
formats that Texinfo supports.

> I also don't understand how an HTML-based Info reader will handle (for
> example) I-search through an entire manual without rendering it all in
> one go.

We don't have to render the HTML to search in it -- parsing the HTML is
enough (and is quick), and then we can just search in the DOM and then
render the node we find the match in.  It's just a small matter of
programming.

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