I wasn't really thinking of using InDesign as an editing tool. I was more looking at a transform as a way to extract information from existing documents in InDesign.
That said, you make a really good point about the actual source of text in many (if not most) instances. Having had a brief, and positively scary, flirtation with InDesign, I would never use it as a text editor. While it would be nice to have an alternative to InDesign's clunky, at best, ePub export, an export to DocBook probably isn't that alternative. Dick --------------------------------- XML Press XML for Technical Communicators http://xmlpress.net (970) 231-3624 > -----Original Message----- > From: honyk [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 2:52 PM > To: 'Dick Hamilton'; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] RFE: roundtripping to/from adobe IDML > > > > While round-tripping would be interesting to those wanting use the > > layout power of InDesign, I'd also like to see the other > (and I'll be > > harder) side of the round-trip, InDesign to DocBook. > > A round-trip InDesign to DocBook is IMHO wasting of time. We > should realize > that ID is not a text processor, although sometimes used this > way ;-) The > main purpose is laying out pieces of text, usually imported > from different > sources (word processors, databases) and later composed with > graphics into > the final output. What I can imagine to round-trip is that > individual piece > of text, not the final page composition. And this step can be done (if > applicable) directly via text processor... > > Regards, > Jan > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
