Jeremy Bryant <j...@jeremybryant.net> writes: > The GNU Project's documentation format is Texinfo. How about > distributing some or many Texinfo manuals through Guix, is this > something that is consistent with previous norms in Guix?
Guix has had SICP available via Info format since 2016: <https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/sicp/20180718-3.bda03f7/>. The Info file is built directly from the Texinfo source by invoking makeinfo: <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/scheme.scm#n626>. Packaging becomes even easier when the Texinfo source is available as an ELPA package. For comparison, I created a patch for the similar sicp Emacs package (<https://github.com/webframp/sicp-info>): <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/74906>. The package definition is somewhat simpler since it obviates the manual invocation of makeinfo. > We discussed both a comprehensive solution for Info manuals, as well > as specific cases such as RMS's C manual (c.info) which is not part of > a software project. > > WDYT? Given a standalone Texinfo source that we want to distribute as an Info manual, creating a corresponding ELPA package repository is especially effective. It makes packaging into Guix easier. Additionally, it makes the generated Info manual available to users of Emacs who don't use Guix (via package-vc-install etc). -- Suhail
