Re: [ELPA] New package c-intro-and-ref -- was Re: Proposal: Include C Manual from RMS in Emacs git, and/or release

[Philip Kaludercic]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
>> Cc: jb@jeremybryant.net,  rms@gnu.org,  emacs-devel@gnu.org,
>>   monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
>> Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:44:16 +0000
>> 
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>> >> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
>> >> Cc: Jeremy Bryant <jb@jeremybryant.net>, rms@gnu.org,
>> >> emacs-devel@gnu.org,
>> >>   Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
>> >> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:47:31 +0000
>> >> 
>> >> It would also make sense to make the Emacs manuals available for easy
>> >> download
>> >
>> > The Emacs manuals are part of the release tarballs, so they are
>> > already easily donwloadable: just download the release tarball, unpack
>> > it, and take all the files from the info/ subdirectory.
>> 
>> While true, I think it is worth making it easier especially for people
>> who are not familiar with TeXinfo and TeXinfo tooling.
>
> What Texinfo tooling is involved?  The release tarball includes the
> generated Info files, so Texinfo doesn't have to be installed or used
> (which is the primary reason why we include the Info files in the
> tarball in the first place).

Ah, I missed that the tarball includes .info files (though that does
make sense).  The issue is that off the top of my head, I wouldn't know
what to do with these either.  That is not unsolvable, but I do think
that it involves a non-trivial process.  Having a `info-install'-ish
command as alternative way to fetch and manage the Emacs is something I
would have appreciated in the past.