Thomas Rother wrote:
>> Wordperfect, but I doubt even our work would fall under 'personal use',
>> and it has a binary format.
>
> I am using the latest Corel Wordperfect 2000 Suite on Linux for everyday
> production, this one has XML capabilities. Their XML Add-on is, as I
> have
> read somewhere (I didn't use it yet), pretty good, compared to other XML
> tools.
I have used WP2000 (for windows at the time, campus license)
and tried the SGML/XML extension. I found the XML editor
_extremely_ awkward. It did make sure your document was always
in accordance with the DTD, and it does list the valid entities
you can insert at any given point, but alas it does both by popping
up lots of windows with mulitple layers of clickthrough to get at
your goal. It gets in the way of the editing work itself. Plus, it
ships with the docbook DTD but not the layout file so you get your
document as a long stream of content plus tags. Not to be putting
down WP, because it's actually a very good wordprocessor, but as
far as SGML/XML capabilities go it needs work.
> But, neverteheless, WPO2000 is not free. Maybe, if its used for
> "official" Mdgard documentation, there may be a chance to get it
> sponsored
> by Corel?? But onl if it is really the best choice, you first should
> investigate
Then there's the issue that I want the editor to be available without
hassle for any potential contributor without having to get in the license
distribution biz.
If I'd go commercial/proprietary, my tool of choice would be
Framemaker+SGML. Expensive, but very good.
Personally, I'd be willing to settle for WYSIWYG (as opposed to WYSIWYM)
tools, but I can't find one that's usuable right now.
Emile
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