Nope, I think you have all you *need*, but XXE also gives you tools for things like inserting images and stuff that a text-based editor won't (but after you do one, you won't need that), and is more WYSIWYG than eclipse will be, so it may be faster to edit and see the structure more clearly.
Nothing earth-shattering, but some niceties nonetheless. I also agree that the markup should just be content, and the style should be applied with XSL later. IMO, that is another fundamental difference between using OO and an XML editor: OO implies structure based on style; XML implies style based on structure. Larry On 10/4/06, Brandon Goodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
personally, I would rather use my IDE which already does XML editing according to a schema and tells me when i'm doing something goofy. Also, the docbook is a base markup and not a final product. So, in the end it only servers to be transformed into something useful. So, I already have a set of tools that i use to do all that. I have an xml editor, xslt plugin, and xpath plugin. That's really all i should need. Am i missing something? Brandon On 10/4/06, Larry Meadors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heheh, is this the politically correct way to say "they both suck"? ;-) > > IMO, the dissonance is because they are trying to accomplish two very > different things: > > XXE is an XML editor, not a word processor. It's goal is to make the > document structure correct. > > OO Writer is a general purpose word processor that is intended to > replace Word, and it happens to have a docbook writer bolted on. > > When I first used XXE, I found it to be really cumbersome, too...just > like the first time I used a real Java IDE. It tries to make sure you > don't screw stuff up (structurally), so you can't do whatever you want > wherever you want to - it forces you to play by the docbook rules. > It's a pain, but once you get used to it, it'll be like the difference > between using an IDE and notepad for editing Java source. With > notepad, you can put anything anywhere, right or wrong, but it's not > cumbersome at all. ;-) > > Larry > > > On 10/4/06, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/4/06, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'll try it again, but the last time I used XXE, I found it cumbersome > > > and distracting. OO is at least unobstrusive. > > > > I flipped back and forth between them for a while, and found each to > > be inadequate in different ways. I continued to be amazed at the lack > > of adequate tools for collaborating on technical documentation. > > > > -Ted. >
