; * etc/TODO (etc/DOC): Update the todo entries.

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@ -1761,8 +1761,17 @@ apparently loses under Solaris, at least. [fx has mostly done this.]
(Obsolete, since gmalloc.c is nowadays only used on MS-DOS.)
** Rewrite make-docfile to be clean and maintainable
It might be better to replace it with Lisp, using the byte compiler.
It might be better to replace with Lisp the part of make-docfile that
produces the etc/DOC file by scanning *.el files, for example by
reusing the code in the byte compiler or in autoload.el that already
scans *.el files.
https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2012-06/msg00037.html
https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2021-05/msg00235.html
** Eliminate the etc/DOC file altogether
As an alternative to the previous item, we could try and eliminate the
DOC file altogether. See
https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2021-05/msg00237.html
** Add an inferior-comint-minor-mode
The purpose is to have a mode to capture the common set of operations