[NTG-context] newbie question about xml

2004-02-19 Thread Thomas A . Schmitz 
It would be wonderful if I could find an easy way to translate my 
ConTeXt source-files to html. So I was wondering if going via xml would 
be a viable method. Unofrtunately, I know next to nothing about xml. I 
played a bit with Emacs nxml mode and tried to understand xml in 
context, but a couple of stupid questions remain:

1) even with specialized tools like onyx or Emacs xml mode, will 
writing these source files ever be as easy as writing TeX-source? Is it 
worth the extra effort?

2) Can anybody point me to an example document written in xml that can 
be processed by ConTeXt?

3) If I understand xml in context correctly, one has to specify quite 
a few of the xml commands in a dtd so ConTeXt understands them. I had a 
look at x-contml.tex to see what such definitions should look like. So 
I wonder: if I have to tell ConTeXt about these commands anyway, 
wouldn't it be easier to simply write a perl script that does these 
conversions and translates TeX into xml?

Sorry if these are dumb questions, but these are my very first attempt 
at xml.

All best

Thomas

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Re: [NTG-context] newbie question about xml

2004-02-19 Thread Christopher G D Tipper 
 It would be wonderful if I could find an easy way to translate my 
 ConTeXt source-files to html. So I was wondering if going via xml would 

XML in Context is designed for those who plan to set up an XML workflow, and need PDF 
output. Certainly I use example, but as part of existing workflow starting from XML 
source. I use XSLT to produce HTML, and Context offers no help here. There was some 
discussion on this list about adapting T4Ht for Context before Christmas, so check the 
mailing list.

 3) If I understand xml in context correctly, one has to specify quite 
 a few of the xml commands in a dtd so ConTeXt understands them. I had a 

Use a header file with your example commands in it. A DTD is used for parsing XML, and 
is really if different ball-game.

Christopher
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