From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/74804 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kip Warner Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Scribus vs ConTeXt Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:02:39 -0800 Message-ID: <1330549359.3025.1.camel@kip-laptop> References: <1330457647.2820.77.camel@kip-laptop> <2D9F7C73-C362-485E-BC3A-B9FB7381AE9A@frycomm.com> <1330546240.3130.17.camel@kip-laptop> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0384911446==" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1330549402 5860 80.91.229.3 (29 Feb 2012 21:03:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:03:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Henning Hraban Ramm To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Feb 29 22:03:20 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S2qgB-0003bc-AU for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:03:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65258CB25E; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:03:18 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id oBEJRTSky7KB; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:03:14 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C890BCB23C; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:03:14 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1448ECB23C for ; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:03:14 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id vcQYDu8iKPSN for ; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:03:03 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter4-til.mf.surf.net (filter4-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.220]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EE3BCB201 for ; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:03:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from homiemail-a80.g.dreamhost.com (caibbdcaaaaf.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.5]) by filter4-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id q1TL31X7020975 for ; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:03:02 +0100 Original-Received: from homiemail-a80.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a80.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6A2937A06B; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:02:58 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=thevertigo.com; h=subject:from:to :cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id: mime-version; q=dns; s=thevertigo.com; b=lpK0OBi7Nnojh+7ah+RjtxE lDNTqisHjxE5i5ogtf6tcj4Ecpn44muUvH3egj2+2Pjov/hB9oLHK5yC32WpsuMa RWbVt7kVE0an2VwZhlOu59NjGuA5I2iaPLb1IHq5LUqf3y7xCDpEQ5V+4Z2s4Jo5 XNQzbSLEH09YcvHEImoA= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=thevertigo.com; h=subject :from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id: mime-version; s=thevertigo.com; bh=WASJLWG5ImQVbwWbxNJ80LpwdiQ=; b=rcs/UHVXfNW1CTnFauiHWj9wC9kRxcnXB0a3OT8IzUNjWEP/JjAfCG/HAYYhH HCV/OA8q21HsfgVxepYdMCMGvMIZslpQfasisEHVOiNoP2c5sQOIDVRsUSMSvOHK Zlbz3Ww76pomOjMjdEMGolt+8UZ+pG/FNdRfXDiVp/jN2M= Original-Received: from [192.168.1.64] (76-10-184-87.dsl.teksavvy.com [76.10.184.87]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: kip@thevertigo.com) by homiemail-a80.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 27E4B37A065; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:02:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.1 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=208.113.200.5; country=US; region=CA; city=Brea; postalcode=92821; latitude=33.9269; longitude=-117.8612; metrocode=803; areacode=714; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.9269,-117.8612&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 05GDV32Me - 00c11bee85a9 - 20120229 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.220 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:74804 Archived-At: --===============0384911446== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-lNkHoX26GXLMUnfd1dVN" --=-lNkHoX26GXLMUnfd1dVN Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 21:25 +0100, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Am 29. Februar 2012 21:10 schrieb Kip Warner : > > One other thing too that I don't know if anyone has ever raised anywher= e > > is that other typesetting applications that store their project files i= n > > some kind of proprietary or binary format will probably not be very dif= f > > friendly. A big advantage to anything TeXish is that it makes > > collaboration on a large document much easier because it can be typeset > > using plaintext documents. >=20 > At least InDesign's and Scribus' files have a XML representation and > would be diffable/versionable in that format. > InDesign's XML format is widely used e.g. in editorial systems; you > can also save just snippets (layout parts). What I was getting at was plain text makes merging of patches easier. Even if you have an XML format, it's still intended to be more machine readable than human readable and applying a set of patches to an XML project file is more likely to break it than ones that were written by hand in the first place. --=20 Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com --=-lNkHoX26GXLMUnfd1dVN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk9OkmsACgkQLXnfK7bii23cCgCbBdCJ8pKOAM/MGsKgkmYy/J5P 4D0AniszNpflOF0AebNqsviNB1x6x0Nd =ffND -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-lNkHoX26GXLMUnfd1dVN-- --===============0384911446== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ --===============0384911446==--