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Re: primitive documentation conventions

>>>>> "JB" == Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com> writes:

JB> I think it's okay to require that one have the texinfo tools
JB> installed to process texinfo source.  That's very different from
JB> requiring that Emacs be installed.

I am saying is that many GNU packages already depend on the Texinfo
package to preprocess the texinfo into info for distribution.  It's an
issue for the maintainer, not for the user.  Personally, I find it
annoying when packages, typically packages maintained by Cygnus,
assume that texinfo is installed.

I mean, you aren't thinking of requiring that the user have Jade, are you?
Sure, it would be neat to have an integrated DSSSL engine in Guile,
but is that really feasible?