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Hrvoje Niksic writes:

 (Format of XEmacs FAQ)

I have only one hard requirement for the FAQ: we must retain
conversion to digest or minidigest format so it can be posted to
Usenet.

> HTML pros:
> - Looks nicer;
> - Easy to put on the web, with lots of links.

Trivial to convert to news.answers postable digest format.

> Texinfo pros:
> - In compliance with the rest of XEmacs and GNU documentation;

That's undecided in the long run.  I haven't closed the door on the
requests to move the documentation into SGML.  (eg. if someone offered
to take over the lispref on the condition they maintain it some SGML
format and converted it to info, I wouldn't have a problem with that).

> - Can be converted to HTML automatically (the reverse is not so easy);
> - Better suited for documentation (we can add indices and stuff);
> - Easier to print as a manual.

If we're going to change formats, now is certainly an opportune time.
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