On 29 October 2011 22:55, Ole Arndt ole@sugarshark.com wrote:
to revive an older thread...
- I want to be able to include pictures and tables, dammit!
Texinfo does images and tables. See (Info-goto-node "(texinfo) Images") and (Info-goto-node "(texinfo) Lists and Tables")
Good point. Texinfo to my knowledge can be.. coaxed(?) to do this?
The HTML generated by makeinfo is indeed pretty plain, but much can be done with some CSS stylesheets.
No disagreement there. I personally know enough CSS to be dangerous, but it's a question of whether we should bother with it.
- I want to be able to fiddle the printed layout at a fundamental
level
Ok, if you need that, texinfo is not the right choice. But I think the uniformity of texinfo manuals is a good thing, that helps the reader to quickliy find what shes looking for.
Final note: I don't have a strong argument either way. But, some words:
1) I happen to love LaTeX and I'd like to check the current state of LaTeX -> HTML converters before going for Texinfo 2) Mark went through the trouble of actually doing the manual, so for the time being, we'll respect his format choice, over which we have no strong complaints 3) ..and, regarding (2), patches welcome! :)
All in all, I believe LaTeX is a fine choice, and not at all broken-enough to require fixing.