Re: [External] : Re: Proposal: Include C Manual from RMS in Emacs git, and/or release

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> CC: "jb@jeremybryant.net" <jb@jeremybryant.net>,
>         "emacs-devel@gnu.org"
>       <emacs-devel@gnu.org>,
>         "rms@gnu.org" <rms@gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 21:09:49 +0000
> 
> > Actually, I believe most people read the HTML
> > version of the Texinfo documentation.
> 
> Interesting.  Do you have some quantitative data
> about the percentage of readings of HTML vs Info
> by (non-Emacs) users?
> 
> I don't think otherwise - just wondering what
> backs up your belief about this.

My evidence is that when people report problems with GNU manuals, they
almost always show a URL of the HTML documentation.

Also, the number of bug reports about the stand-alone Info reader is
almost zero.

I don't have any other data, but I cannot think about any other way
people who don't use Emacs can read the documentation of GCC, GDB, GNU
Make, and other GNU tools.