discuss: SGML / XML
Subject:
Re: SGML / XML
From:
Poet/Joshua Drake ####@####.####
Date:
7 Mar 2001 20:23:10 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0103071217030.32204-100000@crazypenguins.commandprompt.com>
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>I don't agree. Especially with linuxdoc where no tags are used for
>paragraphs.
But we aren't supposed to use Linuxdoc for new Articles.
>
>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
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