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xml-doc@yahoogroups.com
Aug 1, 2003 7:46 am
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I can recommend XXE, the XMLmind XML Editor http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/ (no charge for the Standard Edition). This is a GUI editor which does a good job...
That site could really use a screenshot. It's hard to tell what it is or useful it might be. I need to be at least minimally intrigued to spend time...
... I have to agree about Emacs. ;-) For those of us who prefer vi-style editors, Vim has an xml-plugin module. Using the plugin, tag-based editing was more...
But remember, it's not just about editing tags. Remember, a Docbook/XML document has to be 100% valid, or it just won't process. Plus the tag convention are...
... Yes you can.... if you grok SGML. ... Which is a real pain. Far easier to use emacs. Then you can use it for text java python c javascript .... regards...
Hi, I've been watching this thread with interest for the past few days. I administer the Xerlin (formerly Merlot) website at http://www.xerlin.org which is an...
A TRI-XML HANDS-ON WORKSHOP Tri-XML is the Triangle area XML users network, located in Research Triangle Park, NC TITLE: Taking Advantage of XSLT's Built-in...
... not sure what editor is not "graphical" these days. Emacs, after all, which seems to upset so many people, has context-sensitive tag selection, and (in the...
Sebastian Rahtz
sebastian.rahtz@...
Aug 4, 2003 8:07 am
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... well-formed, not valid. ... which emacs plugin are you using which does this? its not a feature of any plugin I have used with emacs ... I dont. what if I...
Sebastian Rahtz
sebastian.rahtz@...
Aug 4, 2003 8:07 am
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... Yes, and if this were the SGML-DOC mailing list......
... What is this vim plugin? I use vim all the time, but was unaware of a plugin for it. How do you deal with indenting, too? This can drive me crazy. If you...
Paul Tremblay
phthenry@...
Aug 5, 2003 5:14 am
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... No, valid. A document that won't validate against its designated DTD isn't an instance of that DTD, even if it's well-formed. So a document that won't...
... yes, I guess you are technically correct there ... I cant think of an XSLT software which mandates a DTD; and there are many XML parsers which don't do...
Sebastian Rahtz
sebastian.rahtz@...
Aug 5, 2003 8:50 am
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... http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=301 ... Heh, good point. :-) Keeping files fairly small (one topic to a file) helps a lot. The plugin...
... I've been converting a horribly messy Word doc to structured FrameMaker the last few weeks. I ended up using a handful of shell scripts (well, one was an...
... Except Sebastian is talking about authoring the original document, and you're talking about converting from an unstructured format. You *expect* the latter...
... I don't really agree. There are different ways of writing. I can see that if you employ a roomed of bored folks working my rote, you want to establish...
Sebastian Rahtz
sebastian.rahtz@...
Aug 5, 2003 4:17 pm
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... Mmm. Using upcast, I converted a 2Meg document in 2 days. Not to docbook, but to a fairly well structured DTD. Hand crafting is rarely needed these days? ...
... I completely agree with your distinction between "brainstorming" and free flow on the one hand, and "long-term maintainability" on the other. But isn't...
Paul Tremblay
phthenry@...
Aug 5, 2003 6:03 pm
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... "Bored folks working by rote". Not a flattering picture of a tech writing team, but I suspect it's one many programmers have. And perhaps a lot of...
... A really ignorant question from one who only encounters Word as a rather frightening alien phenomenon. (I'm reminded of something I once heard the great...
... Agree 100%. Unfortunately, so few people have any idea what a tech writer does or why it is so untrue that "everyone can write". ... when and ... Even as a...
Melanie Kendell
Melanie.Kendell@...
Aug 6, 2003 11:15 am
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... Nice, and it supports MacOS X too.... http://www.infinity-loop.de/index.html ... Heh. This one was a LOT bigger. *After* removing about 1/3 of the content...
... yes, sorry. purely my ignorance. I know nothing about professional tech writers at all. ... maybe I am being naive, but surely the point of interest is the...
Sebastian Rahtz
sebastian.rahtz@...
Aug 6, 2003 12:51 pm
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... I agree with that. The good part is, learning to work in a structured environment makes that part of the job easier, or at least more intuitive. When...
... XML. ... It's supposed to be in the next version of Office. Recently, Microsoft has pulled back a bit and plans to include full support only in the...
... Oh my, that is surprising Colin. What will Redmond think of next.... to increase Bill's bonus :-) regards DaveP... also waiting for (yuk) xsd versions of...
... This mirrors a conversation I had with my boss when we were converting to XML. She wanted to mandate that everybody use the same XML editor, just as we...
