>From: David Bovill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: DocBook with AbiWord? >Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:37:57 +0000 > >I think I'm going to have a go at writing a simple DocBook >application. It will be a standalone application without any >dependencies etc, and work cross platform - designed for "newbies" >like myself, who can progress to a more feature rich environment >later.
Do you think the potential benefits of such an application are really that much better than those of a good, DTD-aware XML editor, without introducing unreasonable constraints? In my opinion, if you hide the document structural and semantic meta-information, people will just tend to focus on the presentational characteristics. So, I think it's a net-loss to try to write a presentational DocBook editor (presentational features being the only improvement you could make over a good, DTD-aware XML editor). Matt Gruenke _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
