Re: what is the status of the JavaScript reader?

[Gavin Smith]

On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 08:22:05AM -0700, Per Bothner wrote:
> On 8/4/20 6:06 AM, Gavin Smith wrote:
> > Have you tried using the Texinfo JS interface for the Kawa and DomTerm
> > manuals?  It seems to me there would be nothing stopping you from doing
> > this now.
> 
> I can, but it doesn't gain me much.  The existing toolchain (with makeinfo 
> ---docbook
> and xsltproc) works fine, though not as elegant as on-the-fly generation of 
> the toolbar.
> Using DocBook has some extra dependencies - but those are available as 
> standard
> Fedora packages, and probably Ubuntu/Debian/Homebrew (haven't checked).

I guess what I am wondering is if it is good enough to distribute.  Have 
you tried the results with your manuals and did you think the results 
were good enough that you would use them for your websites?

You would also gain the use of the index search feature and keyboard 
navigation.