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From: Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com>
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Subject: about.el is rewritten
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Hrvoje Niksic writes:
 > I have rewritten about.el to use the Widget library.  Keyboard
 > handling is now better (TAB and M-TAB work), everything looks nicer
 > (IMHO), and about.el file is now somewhat shorter (although still over
 > 1,000 lines long).  It's stable and works well.
 > 
 > Before I release it here, I'd like to ask whether someone has any
 > special wishes -- a new feature, perhaps?

The work is appreciated, but as has been discussed and I
thought pretty clearly laid out, we should use a higher level
layout language for documentation pages.  We have a standard
in GNU-land, Texinfo, which can be converted to and from
HTML, which can be read/displayed worldwide.  I've not yet
heard a reason compelling enough to make me think we should
use something other than Texinfo or HTML.  So I don't think
the Widget based pages should be used.

