snagy wrote:
Welcome back! Hope the marriage went well...
>
> > (1) don't want to instantiate a DOM interface/object until I have too,
> > because it is a memory hog
>
> I think that is an understatement.
>
> >
> > (3) I like ECS, and and am used to it. Why should ECS be limited in
> > that it cannot create a well-formed XML document with a prolog?
>
> I like it as well, one of the primary reasons I wrote the core, and one of the
> primary design considerations was extensibility you should be able to create
> anytype of markup with it.
>
> > (4) I like Jon ;-) and want to help make ECS even better
>
> Guess everyone likes jon. =) ( at least everyone he hasn't told to rftm 100
> times. )
yeah, that's us all just sucking up to the guy who can kick us off the
lists and CVS ;-)
>
> > But I understand where you are coming from - however, I see ECS as a one
> > stop shop for rendering *ML. I would like to add XML to that *, as well
> > as HTML.
>
> I disagree a little here, I see ECS as a one stop shop for rendering any type of
> markup not just *ML. I'm currently working on a project that is built on ecs
> that produces 100% valid rtf documents from fo trees. The cool thing about it
> is we are using the 'EXACT' same style sheet to generate HTML and RTF using a
> transformation engine i wrote that sits on top of ecs and uses reflection to
> build the element trees.
I'm happy to amend my statement to be more generic... I saw the RTF.
Maybe it should be 'ECS should be able to build any presentation layer'
and just leave it at that. In any case, welcome back!
-Brett
>
> -stephan
>
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