Re: FW: [docbook-apps] XML editor

[tom.kirkpatrick@virusbtn.com]

Yes. I am totally aware of that. I just
want to make the transition from Adobe Pagemaker to a Docbook editor as
easy as possible for our editors. I know that I will need to educate them
a little, but when I say 'as if they were editing a word document' I mean
that I dont want them to have to interact wit raw XML source, and I want
the interface and overall user experience to be as friendly and clean as
possible. Moving our publishing system over to an automated Docbook workflow
is a big step for us and I do not want to scare our editors.

Javier Farreres <spanish@inicia.es>

29/09/2005 17:05

To	tom.kirkpatrick@virusbtn.com
cc	"Thomas, Ludger" <Ludger.Thomas@iese.fraunhofer.de>, docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject	Re: FW: [docbook-apps] XML editor

Dear Tom

> I too am on the look out for a Docbook editor. My requirement is that
> our editors - who know nothing of Docbook, need to be able to create
> and edit Docbook documents as if they were typing a word document...
> ie. easily... really easy

If these are your requirements, I would say, forget about working with
XML.
Writing a XML document is not equal to working with Word. In XML you 
must be aware of where you are, and tell the editor what do you want to
write.
In fact, it is good, because you must know what you want to say, and 
then you make it real.
But you can't just write letters and place bolds and italics, it is much
more than this.
If you want word, then use word. But you can't use XML and use it like
Word.

Javi

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