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Re: Re: What are the steps to convert to DocBook XML?


Hello!

On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Karl Eichwalder wrote:

> Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian.rahtz@computing-services.oxford.ac.uk> writes:
> 
> > Jade can happily process XML files. switching to XML is a win every
> > time, as you can use all the old tools, *and* the new ones
> 
> ...and you're force to code more verbose: you'll have to quote
> attributes, 

Ok, what's so bad about being more verbose? Sure, it takes longer to type
your stuff in, but on the other hand your code is a lot more readable.

> For authoring purposes XML is a step backward.  

Why?

Greetings,

	Holger


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