[OT], archaicity, Re: Texinfo (was Re: Documentation File Formats)

[Georg Lehner]

Hello!

Not that I want to start a texinfo proposal here, but...

El jue, 29-08-2002 a las 22:59, Derek Neighbors escribió:
> > I humbly suggest Texinfo, the GNU documentation file format. You can 
> > read a well-written tutorial by running `info texinfo' or `C-h i g 
> > (texinfo)' in Emacs, or 
> > <http://www.gnu.org/manual/texinfo-4.2/texinfo.html>.
> 
> Texinfo is more archaic than docbook, if we go to 'command' based

There is a conceptual difference.  While docbook allows you to structure
book layouts, Texinfo allows you to structure _tecnical documentation_.

You do not write "5 pts", put rather "5 @unit{pts}", by which you tell
the "typesetter" to set the text up for a Unit, which on plain text is a
space, but typeset on paper can be semibold or other font, or whatever.

I still think, that *anybody* writing tecnical documents should read the
texinfo manual, its very good at describing how to do this, with or
without texinfo.

just my 2c,

        Jorge-León




> documents we should just use docbook.  Again we accept documents in any
> format. :)
> 
> -Derek
> 
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