discuss: SGML / XML
Subject:
Re: SGML / XML
From:
David Lawyer ####@####.####
Date:
7 Mar 2001 20:00:51 -0000
Message-Id: <20010307120013.B1149@lafn.org>
> On 06 Mar 2001 21:37:16 +1030, David Lloyd wrote:
> >
> > I think it's time to explicitly request that people NOT use SGML
> > shortcuts, eg:
I don't agree. Especially with linuxdoc where no tags are used for
paragraphs.
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 07:53:19AM -0800, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> I've been saying this for a very long time, but there are a few voices
> left that are opposed to looking at tomorrow's technologies before
> they've taken over the market completely. A decent XML editor removes
> almost all of the burden of markup, and good markup is much easier to
> read than poor markup.
That's fine if one is proficient at using an XML editor (and also has
such an editor). But someone who writes a short HOWTO (perhaps only a
few pages) will not want to undertake the burden of learning the use
of a new editor. Thus to minimize the burden of markup (in such a
case where one is entering the tags manually) one should use the
simplest markup with simple shortcuts.
David Lawyer
