Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 13:21:59 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Dim Zegebart <zager AT post DOT comstar DOT ru>
cc: DJGPP Mail List <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Some thoughts about RHIDE's future features.
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On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Dim Zegebart wrote:

> function's list in current module. So, my idea is create
> info editor inside RHIDE. For example : you press Alt-F2,
> pick function and type some description. When all functions are
> described you press 'Write info file' button and .inf file appears
> on you hard disk ;)

Why reinvent the wheel?  You can do this *right now*, if you (1) use RHIDE
or any other editor to write the docs in Texinfo; and (2) run makeinfo.exe
on the Texinfo source to get the Info file (should be possible from RHIDE,
as it can run external programs).

Editing Info files directly might seem simple for simple cases, but it is
actually inconvenient.  For example, makeinfo automatically creates index
entries from references scattered across the whole document, validates
cross-references and does other services which are painful to do manually.