Re: Integration of Info manuals in programming modes, Re: Integration of Info manuals in programming modes

[Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide]

Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de> writes:

> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
>> I am interested in Sphinx because I think it could be developed into a
>> superior replacement for Texinfo, by adding ways to specify the output
>> style distinctions that Sphinx currently does not handle.  But it
>> would take some design work, not just simple programming.
>
> I think both are different types of software one uses reStructuredText
> as input format while the other (Texinfo) uses well Texinfo.

I don’t think we need a replacement for texinfo. Having many different
tools to create info output is a superior path in my opinion.

We can for example also export from Org Mode to info, and that also does
not replace texinfo but rather extends the possibilities we have to
generate well-usable manuals.

Ideally all the different code documentation tools could export either
to texinfo or to info, and pandoc[1] can already convert most manual
formats to info.

Creating more info packages, so info has manuals for most software on
the computer (instead of having to navigate to websites) could make info
much more useful — the central place to find information about installed
software.

[1] https://pandoc.org/

Best wishes,
Arne
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