Hi, In November, I asked about opening images from XXE and you said that it was planned for next release. Do you have an official release date for next release?
Another question: Is it or will it be possible to insert and view SVG images in XXE? Thanks for a great product! *We will probably go professional in a couple of months (~35 licenses)* /Kenneth -------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Johansson Technical Documentation Manager Sectra Imtec AB Teknikringen 20 E-mail: ke-joh AT sectra DOT se SE-583 30 Link?ping Phone: +46 13 23 52 00 SWEDEN Web: http://www.sectra.se > -----Original Message----- > From: xmleditor-support-admin at pixware.fr > [mailto:xmleditor-support-admin at pixware.fr] On Behalf Of > Hussein Shafie > Sent: den 18 november 2003 18:24 > To: Kenneth Johansson > Cc: xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com > Subject: Re: [XXE] Pros and cons DocBook in XXE vs Word2003 > > Kenneth Johansson wrote: > > > > Our organization is migrating from Word to XML. I've > suggested DocBook > > and XXE. We have been testing DocBook and XXE for some time and our > > test persons are beginning to get used to XXE. However, since Word > > 2003 has been released I'm beginning to meet some > resistance in using > > DocBook and XXE. I need some help to shoot some of their > arguments to pieces: > > > > * Images and vector graphics. We're using Word to produce > Visio-like > > graphics, flowcharts, software design, network overviews etc. > > Is it difficult to create a "one mouse-click solution" in XXE, e.g. > > click on the image and the appropriate editor opens? > > This is planned for next release. > > > > > The XSL tools can't > > automatically handle wmf-files which makes it necessary for a > > conversion to svg or jpeg before processing the xml. A > possible way is > > to create graphs in PowerPoint (already have a license), > save as .wmf, > > convert to svg/jpg/etc with "libwmf" and insert image in > XXE. Best way > > would be to be able to insert and show a .wmf file in XXE. > > This should be possible with next release if you have an > external program (or if you write custom code) which can > convert wmf (Windows Meta File?) to png, jpeg or gif. > > > > > > * Spell checking. Is it possible to add additional dictionaries for > > spell checking? > > Yes. See http://www.xmlmind.com/spellchecker/faq.html#moredicts > > > > > * Grammar checking. Feature request. > > We are a too small company to afford having a grammar checker > in our XML editor. > > > > > Do you have any ideas/arguments that might convince my > co-workers to use XXE > > instead of Word 2003? > > > > One of my strongest arguments is that writers no longer > need to meddle with > > layout since working with xml, css and a dtd provides > structure and layout > > for you. Another strong argument is that by using a dtd a writer is > > constrained to use what ever elements available in the dtd. > > For the user, the benefit of using an XML editor to create content > should be a gain in productivity. > > For the enterprise, the benefits of creating highly > structured contents > with strong semantics, rather than MSWord documents, which > are just an > electronic form of paper, are obvious. > > But: > > [1] Unless your enterprise needs to create technical books, I > doubt that > DocBook is the solution. > > The right solution requires you to create custom DTDs or Schemas with > the associated CSS or XSLT style sheets. All this being a lot of work. > > [2] Most enterprises, at least in France, are not very > advanced in terms > of information system. That is, they simply don't have the > ``database'', > repository or content management system, you can feed with structured > contents having strong semantics. > > We do consulting too and because, we are honest, we often > have to say: > keep using Word! :-) > > > > > > That brings me > > to another question. Is it possible in XXE to remove > unwanted elements in > > the DocBook dtd or do I have to do it by hand in the dtd? > > No, XXE cannot do that for you. May be you should give "Simplified > DocBook" a try. ("Simplified DocBook" is included in XXE.) > > > > > > Do you know anything bad about WordML? > > WordML is an XML equivalent of RTF. In other words, it is an > interchange > format for ".doc". > > It just describes the layout and style of an MSWord document, using a > well documented format, which is easy to parse. See > http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/faq.html#wordml > > WordML is a good thing, but comparing it to DocBook, XHTML, > TEI or your > average custom DTD, etc, is like comparing apples and oranges. > > -- > XMLmind XML Editor Support List > xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com > http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support >
