From: Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What exactly is the rationale behind the HTML mandate?
We wanted to have a single interface to present all Debian documentation. We looked at the various means of displaying documentation, and it was clear that we could convert almost any documentation to HTML, and that HTML browsers were well-accepted by the users. Of course, there has already been a good deal of work toward implementing this in "dwww". Those users who already prefer "info" format documents, or any other format, are beyond the level that this policy is directed to. Someone brought up the point of recursive regular-expression searching. Of course this should be done with a CGI script rather than as a browser facility, so that it would be browser-independent. One could build a tiny search engine with zgrep and the shell, for example. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .