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Re: Re: What are the steps to convert to DocBook XML?
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- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: What are the steps to convert to DocBook XML?
- From: Holger Rauch <Holger dot Rauch at heitec dot de>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:19:47 +0100 (CET)
- Reply-to: Holger Rauch <Holger dot Rauch at heitec dot de>
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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