Re: Video interview about Texinfo

2021-06-01 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
Gavin Smith writes: > I did an interview with Joshua Branson where we discussed many issues > around Texinfo, may be of interest to some. > > https://video.hardlimit.com/videos/watch/a10761b7-f6e2-472a-be06-69b0bfbcfe9d Awesome! -- Mathieu Lirzin GPG: F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761 070D 0ADE E100 9

Re: Unadorned cross-references

2021-06-01 Thread Per Bothner
On 6/1/21 5:23 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: If we are after an Emacs-only solution, If we want an Emacs-only solution, why not use eww-mode on an HTML file? It works tolerably well - try: M-x eww ENTER https://domterm.org ENTER Viola - you're browsing a texinfo manual with rich text and images. Of

Video interview about Texinfo

2021-06-01 Thread Gavin Smith
I did an interview with Joshua Branson where we discussed many issues around Texinfo, may be of interest to some. https://video.hardlimit.com/videos/watch/a10761b7-f6e2-472a-be06-69b0bfbcfe9d

Re: Unadorned cross-references

2021-06-01 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> From: Augusto Stoffel > Cc: gavinsmith0...@gmail.com, bug-texinfo@gnu.org > Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 18:18:57 +0200 > > The point is that Texinfo is a perfectly capable system, but you can't > convert documents made in other markup languages to Texinfo (and > therefore Info) format. Consequentl

Re: Unadorned cross-references

2021-06-01 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> From: Augusto Stoffel > Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 18:15:25 +0200 > Cc: Texinfo > > > Of course you can invent new syntax but I really question if it is > > worth it. For one thing, what if a node name contains a #? > > What if it contains "," or "."? this is already documented as invalid, see "

Re: Unadorned cross-references

2021-06-01 Thread Augusto Stoffel
On Tue, 1 Jun 2021 at 15:23, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Augusto Stoffel >> Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 22:38:30 +0200 >> Cc: Texinfo >> >> Emacs can be easily adapted to handle this new case in Info files: >> >> 1. "*note title: place." will remain being rendered as "see title.", >> whe

Re: Unadorned cross-references

2021-06-01 Thread Augusto Stoffel
On Mon, 31 May 2021 at 22:35, Gavin Smith wrote: >> So I'll flesh out my suggestion a bit further. Define a new macro, say >> @yref, which works as follows: > >> *Note Lightning: Electrical Effects# > > Of course you can invent new syntax but I really question if it is > worth it. For one

Unadorned cross-references

2021-06-01 Thread carlos-prio
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2021 at 12:15 AM > From: "Eli Zaretskii" > To: "Augusto Stoffel" > Cc: bug-texinfo@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Unadorned cross-references > > > From: Augusto Stoffel > > Cc: bug-texinfo@gnu.org > > Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 22:38:18 +0200 > > > > On Mon, 31 May 2021 at 19:05,

Re: Unadorned cross-references

2021-06-01 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> From: Augusto Stoffel > Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 22:38:30 +0200 > Cc: Texinfo > > Emacs can be easily adapted to handle this new case in Info files: > > 1. "*note title: place." will remain being rendered as "see title.", > where the word "title" has the link face and a button to "place"

Re: Unadorned cross-references

2021-06-01 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> From: Augusto Stoffel > Cc: bug-texinfo@gnu.org > Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 22:38:18 +0200 > > On Mon, 31 May 2021 at 19:05, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > >> From: Augusto Stoffel > >> Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 09:56:33 +0200 > >> > >> I would like to suggest adding a command to Texinfo, as well as so