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"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> writes: > Harvey J. Stein writes: > > So you're basically suggesting that we do without info & tex output > > until someone writes docbook->info & docbook->tex drivers, even though > > it'd be pretty trivial to output texinfo directly from the extractor. > > Yes. That is because the issue isn't the extractor -- it is the pain > and suffering associated with converting the doc strings themselves, > which should be in docbook over the long haul. Best to do the right > thing now, which will (at the very least) pressure the rest of the > correct solution. Why not write an info exporter, but don't change the strings? They'll look nasty, sure, but at least they'll be readable from info. And then one of the info fanatics will complain; and maybe even write that translator. > Perry Andrew