Re: Project bloat report

Patrice Dumas <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.texinfo.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, Mar 07, 2026 at 10:53:00AM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 04, 2026 at 03:41:41PM +0100, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > I fully agree.  The XML output may have been relevant in the past, but
> > now it is not, and if something similar was to be done nowadays, I think
> > that it should be done from scratch and be more in line with the current
> > tree.  Or the SWIG interface should be used instead.  I would back up a
> > phasing out of the XML (and associated SXML), and migration of the code
> > to Example, with removal of --xml option, and removal from the Texinfo
> > manual.  It could stay in Example for more time, though, 
> 
> I'd be happy with this.

What about associated @-commands, such as @xml, @ifxml..., or @inlinefmt
argument name?  My view is that they should be removed too, it is
possible to use @ifcommanddefined if needed.

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Pat
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