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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: DocBook Editor?
El mié, 01-05-2002 a las 01:40, Matt G. escribió: > > I agree with you. But we need an XML word processor for > >editing DocBook documents; some call them "Document editor"s and > >that's what we really need. > > Wait, who's "we"? The DocBook community, in general? > Yep. Why not? The problem of choosing the "right tool for the job" is a different one of not always having the right tool for the job. I mean, why not use an XML word processor for rapid document prototyping (or complete "simple"-documents writting if you want to...) and when you need/want more in-depth editing, then you are free to fire up your preferred TEXT editor and work on it. > But, I doubt anyone is going to write a tool that gets it right. If they > do, how likely do you think it is that there won't be at least a few > substantial usability issues (such as international support, rendering > quality, vi command-mode support, etc.)? Look at XXE :-) It has some issues... but it can improve, can't it? > On top of it all, when users are faced with a presentational view of their > content, they're more likely to write in a presentational fashion, as > opposed to a structural/semantic one. > These users still can benefit from having the DocBook there ready for when they want to use (or learn and use ;)) a text editor to change the way they write. And why not offer both views? (plain XML text and styled XML text) > edit raw XML. Also, I guess using DocBook as an open interchange format, > instead of a proprietary one (i.e. MS Word), or a weaker one (i.e HTML), > isn't an awful idea. So, maybe even a sub-optimal DocBook editor has a > place in the world, though I worry about people trying to use it when it's > really not the right tool for the job. > Yes, yes, yes! ;-) I'd like to get rid of proprietary formats and HTML is not "rich" enough sometimes for data interchange.... but I keep facing people who use MS Word "just because everybody else does", "because it allows me to see what I'm editing as it will appear printed", "because I don't want to mess up with tags" and things on those lines. As I've said when I've started writting this mail: The choice of the "right tool for the job" is a completely different issue, but you have to have tools to chose from, right? Regards -- Fabian Mandelbaum Computer Systems Consultant - MandrakeSoft DOC Team
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