On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 09:04:20AM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote: > Hello, > > On metadata, there is a situation where we generate metadata that > is not changeable by the user. It is for EPUB, for two mandatory > metadata, associated to Dublin Core Metadata Initiative terms, namely: > * the unique identifier, set to "texinfo:<manual_name>" > * the last modification date, set to the current date > > There could be a discussion to have about the manual_name being a good > basis for a unique name. > > But the discussion I would like to have now is whether it is ok to > have no way for the user to decide what to use for these values. And if > we want to allow the user to set one, should there be an @-command, in > view of having other output formats that could use this information, or > customization variables. > > Any idea/advice?
Hi, I do not see the need to provide features to set small details of the various output formats that Texinfo supports. As Texinfo outputs to many output formats it is not intended to provide ways to use all the features or possibilities that exist in these output formats.
