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From: rms@GNU.AI.MIT.EDU (Richard Stallman)
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Subject: Writing Info files
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Date: 19 Apr 91 13:01:50 GMT
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I don't think it's advisable for people to write INfo files directly,
and for that reason I think that the work being done on making this
easier is misdirected.

Why not write Info files directly?  Because, by writing a Texinfo file
instead, you can make a printed manual as well as an Info file.  It's
very useful for all GNU documentation to be printable as well as
browsable; probably that is true for your documentation projects as
well.