branch master updated: TODO update

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commit 1b75027ffd2357c4e5aab8e25744e72b07506db0
Author: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Jan 10 20:12:57 2022 +0000

    TODO update
    
    * TODO: Delete most of the entries to do with dir files.
    Mention @dircategory recommendations in the Language section.
    Move idea for Info to "will not be implemented".  Delete suggestion
    to use old xinfo, saxinfo or tkinfo programs (all long gone).
---
 ChangeLog |  9 +++++++++
 TODO      | 39 ++++++++++-----------------------------
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 38261f8bb0..e0d2f94b41 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2022-01-10  Gavin Smith  <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
+
+       TODO update
+
+       * TODO: Delete most of the entries to do with dir files.
+       Mention @dircategory recommendations in the Language section.
+       Move idea for Info to "will not be implemented".  Delete suggestion
+       to use old xinfo, saxinfo or tkinfo programs (all long gone).
+
 2022-01-10  Gavin Smith  <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
 
        @group should be inside @example not vice versa
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 5a0fa88b57..b86bee16ea 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 This is the todo list for GNU Texinfo.
 If you are interested in working on any of these, email bug-texinfo@gnu.org.
 
-  Copyright 1992-2021 Free Software Foundation.
+  Copyright 1992-2022 Free Software Foundation.
 
   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
   are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ If you are interested in working on any of these, email 
bug-texinfo@gnu.org.
   - support bibliographies with BibTeX (see web2c/doc for kludge prototype).
   - Support automatic line numbering of examples.
   - Glossary/general definition support (dumas msg 28 Nov 2003 17:09:57 +0100).
+  - Improve recommendations for @dircategory.  We used to recommend the
+    Free Software Directory categories but these have changed.
 
 * texi2any:
   - Support the epub output format, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OEBPS.
@@ -69,23 +71,7 @@ If you are interested in working on any of these, email 
bug-texinfo@gnu.org.
   - Perhaps comply with LANGUAGE setting on a per-node basis, to allow
     incremental translation of Texinfo files.
   - Display images when running under X, as Emacs 22+ can.
-  - Search all nodes of dir file at startup, then can have
-    INFO-DIR-SEPARATE-GROUPS and other such.  I.e., we could have
-    programs (what is now "Individual utilities") in one node, library
-    functions, in another, etc.  And how about supporting other languages?
-  - Better dir file merging.
-  - Global dir file (as in /etc/conf/dir) and texinfo config file
-    specifying which info directories to search.  From Dale Mellor.
-    http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/private/gnu-prog-discuss/2003q4/000439.html
-  - Incorporate an X-based viewer, perhaps the old GNU xinfo widget
-     (http://www.gnu.org/software/xinfo) or saxinfo
-     or tkinfo (http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~boldt/tkinfo/).
   - Handle M-n, C-u m, and C-u g like Emacs Info (opening new windows).
-  - A running view mode, to display the next node after the end of the
-    last one, and be able to toggle display of a node's subnodes.  
-    (Could be hard to implement though, because of how much code assumes 
-    that only one node is in a window at once.)
-
 
 * install-info:
   - replace dir file atomically in case install-info is interrupted
@@ -95,18 +81,6 @@ If you are interested in working on any of these, email 
bug-texinfo@gnu.org.
     from the misformatted --entry (and no entries from foo.info).
   - support info dir entries for other than the current info file name;
     see comments in menu_item_equal.
-  - Monitor and improve the dir categories in existing manuals,
-    following the Free Software Directory categories.  Much mail to
-    developers has already been sent, what's needed now is to check new
-    releases and make sure they are using the right categories.
-    See the util/dir-example in the Texinfo distribution for our current
-    recommended categories.
-    For background, see the thread (which discusses a lot of other
-    issues too) at
-    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2002-10/msg00011.html
-    especially 
-      http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2002-10/msg00090.html
-      http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2002-10/msg00137.html
 
 * Distribution:
   - generate txi-??.tex from .po's to make translators' jobs easier.
@@ -176,3 +150,10 @@ If you are interested in working on any of these, email 
bug-texinfo@gnu.org.
 
 - @else for the @if... conditionals.  Using (for example) an @iftex block
   followed by an @ifnottex block is good enough.
+
+- A running view mode in Info, to display the next node after the end of the
+  last one, and be able to toggle display of a node's subnodes.  
+  [Too hard to implement because of how much code assumes 
+   that only one node is in a window at once.]
+
+