On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 03:49:52PM +0200, Stephan Diehl wrote:
> I always thought that LaTeX is much easier to write with a text
> editor than XML/HTML/SGML.
Is this a joke? I didn't see the smiley. :) HTML/XML has nothing
equivalent to:
* {\bf TEXT} syntax for some formatting operations and \code{TEXT} for
others.
* Have to escape common characters like: _ $ [ ] #
This in itself is enough to drive casual users up the wall.
Not only that, but different characters have to be escaped
differently, some with a backslash, others by using math mode,
and others like '[' inside '\code{}' that I still haven't
figured out.
In HTML/XML/SGML, you have to escape only three less common
characters: < > & . There are times you use other entities or
URL encodings, but the rules are consistent for all characters
and straightforward. (Except for that 'have to URL-encode "&" in a
query string inside an HREF', which the HTML designers --oops-- didn't
think about.)
* Typing \COMMAND{TEXT} is more tiresome than
<COMMAND>TEXT</COMMAND>, because you have to reach over for the
'\' and then again for the '{}', whereas for '<>/' you just move
the pinky finger right from the 'm'.
--
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