| From: | Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org, David Blewett <david(at)dawninglight(dot)net> |
| Subject: | Re: Switching to XML |
| Date: | 2006-12-08 21:45:57 |
| Message-ID: | 1165614356.3243.77.camel@state.g2switchworks.com |
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On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 15:26, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 21:58 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > > You can create, edit, convert, save, and open docbook xml in
> > > OpenOfice.org.
> >
> > Sure, there are more editing options with DocBook XML. No one disputes
> > that. But the question at hand was about processing the DocBook.
>
> Yes which is generated from our use of SGML which is the core of this
> problem and the core of the question as a whole.
>
> SGML is making working with the documentation *harder*.
>
> We have people that *DO NOT* contribute because of this SGML
> requirement. They have what I consider extremely valid reasons, namely
> it is dumb to require a writer to use emacs or write tags explictly.
I'm one. I had the vacuuming stuff about written, but couldn't figure
out the tool set this summer, and didn't have the time. Does OO make it
pretty much painless to work with? I couldn't find any tools that I
felt comfortable using for SGML / Docbooks.
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