On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 12:40, Mike Warren wrote: > > I might be able to get over my annoyance with XML if I look deeper > > into Emacs -- I'm sure there's something in there to make it more > > pleasant (maybe abbrev...) > > Yes, there's sgml-mode. Supplied with a DTD, it gives you > popups/prompts for all legal tags/attributes in your current context, > does indenting correctly and paragraph-filling doesn't screw with tags > (just text). All-in-all, very nice. > > (So, yes, it works with HTML or XML, being an SGML parser...) > > Try opening a new .html file, which should put you in html-mode right > away after prompting for a title for your document...
Ah, I know it well... but I can't say I like it that much. When writing documentation I use probably about 5 types of markup, and then the occasional header. I don't need a powerful, general tool -- I need a tool that does that small bit of markup easily. For something like Webware, I expect markup for: identifiers and short code fragments, long code fragments, internal and external links/references, anchors (to reference to), paragraphs, the occasional emphasis, and headers. All other markup is largely superfluous. It's not the syntax that causes me a problem, but the process of inputing that verbose syntax. Really, that's why I like reST -- it does that small bit of markup very easily, and without being verbose. I might be able to achieve the same thing with abbrev mode or some macro -- but the point is to make input easy, not to make the formality of SGML/XML easy (since I don't find the formality hard). I like reST because it feels like Python. I could probably make a translator from a text-like markup to a particular XML schema well enough... and I might do that if we decide on a particular schema. I think that would be better than trying to deal with all the needless tags. Ian ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Influence the future of Java(TM) technology. Join the Java Community Process(SM) (JCP(SM)) program now. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?sunm0003en _______________________________________________ Webware-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss
