Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 18:53:35 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Jan Hubicka <hubicka AT ta DOT jcu DOT cz>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Texinfo 3.12 ported to DJGPP
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On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Jan Hubicka wrote:

> > I don't know about any such browser, and I doubt if it is possible,
> > even if you leave out many features.  Browsing Info files is a
> > sirprisingly complex task, since the format leaves a lot of leeway.
> 
> shame... please can you give me some example about such complex
> problem? I tought text is already formated and just contains links
> with :: and nodes....

There are too many ways of making a valid reference:

      *note foo::
      *note foo: bar
      *note foo: (bar)baz
      *note foo: (bar)*

to name just a few.

But most of the complexity is in finding the node, *after* you have
gleaned its name.  The Info file can be with or without a tag table,
it can be a single file or several subfiles, with another table
telling how to find which file holds the node you are looking for.  A
reference can point to another Info file, which then opens the Pandora
box of how do you look for Info files along INFOPATH, etc. etc.

> > Please do NOT use djgpp-announce for discussions about the announced 
> > software: use djgpp@ instead.
> 
> oops... sory.. I tought it will go into djgpp@

djgpp-announce doesn't go anywhere.  The mail ends up in DJ's mailbox,
and he decides whether to reflect it or not.  If the message doesn't
have an announcement, chances are DJ won't send it.