From: Giuseppe Bilotta <gip.bilotta@iol.it>
Subject: Re[2]: ConTeXt Switcher?
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 23:06:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <792618194.20031208230627@iol.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A726B2CC-29C8-11D8-AEAA-000A95B11F72@mac.com>
Monday, December 8, 2003 Bob Kerstetter wrote:
> I know XML source should work, but at least for me, creating XML source
> is unproductive. I work with a text editor and find writing this:
> ``Hello world,'' says HAL.
> much more productive than writing this:
> <p>“Hello world”</p>, says HAL.
> Maybe I'm missing something, but for writing, XML's markup requirements
> -- which are invisible to field-based data entry screen -- are way too
> intense for hand-editing. TeX source is much less verbose. It is easier
> to create, proof (both visually and audibly), spell check
> troubleshoot, etc. I have not seen an editor capable of doing XML
> source in a productive manner, like (La)TeX with text editor.
I agree with you. Productive editing of XML document requires
specialized editors, and I still haven't found an (open source)
one that was up to the task. Vex is quite promising, in this
regard.
--
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-08 22:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-26 14:58 news / bold math Hans Hagen
2003-11-27 2:14 ` `Standard' vs `Beta'? Bob Kerstetter
2003-11-27 9:26 ` Hans Hagen
2003-11-28 1:06 ` Bob Kerstetter
2003-12-08 17:20 ` ConTeXt Switcher? Bob Kerstetter
2003-12-08 18:55 ` Peter Münster
2003-12-08 20:57 ` Bob Kerstetter
2003-12-08 20:33 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2003-12-08 21:51 ` Bob Kerstetter
2003-12-08 22:06 ` Giuseppe Bilotta [this message]
2003-12-09 7:52 ` Re[2]: " Hans Hagen
2003-12-09 12:52 ` context2html converter (was: ConTeXt Switcher? ) Maurice Diamantini
2003-12-09 23:16 ` Bob Kerstetter
2003-12-10 10:39 ` context2html converter Patrick Gundlach
2003-12-10 12:55 ` ConTeXt-live distribution Maurice Diamantini
2003-12-10 13:29 ` Zunbeltz Izaola
2003-12-10 15:10 ` ConTeXt-live distribution (Typesetting music in ConTeXt) Pavel Stupin
2003-12-10 16:44 ` Hans Hagen
2003-12-10 18:55 ` Willi Egger
2003-12-10 22:05 ` Typesetting music in ConTeXt Henning Hraban Ramm
2003-12-11 8:24 ` Maurice Diamantini
2003-12-11 23:51 ` Hans Hagen
2003-12-11 23:57 ` Hans Hagen
2003-12-10 16:32 ` ConTeXt-live distribution Hans Hagen
2003-12-10 16:43 ` Adam Lindsay
2003-12-10 16:54 ` Hans Hagen
2004-04-01 17:22 ` context2html converter (was: ConTeXt Switcher? ) Peter Münster
2003-12-11 5:40 ` ConTeXt Switcher? Berend de Boer
2003-11-27 6:10 ` news / bold math Lutz Haseloff
2003-11-27 6:34 ` Lutz Haseloff
2003-11-27 19:47 ` Mikael Persson
[not found] ` <32868.129.16.195.171.1069962458.squirrel@mail.medic.chalme rs.se>
2003-11-27 21:22 ` Hans Hagen
2003-11-27 21:38 ` Mikael Persson
2003-11-28 10:36 ` Tobias Burnus
2003-11-28 20:28 ` m-bib and crossref William D. Neumann
2003-11-29 14:50 ` ConTeXt and emacs Thomas A.Schmitz
2003-11-30 0:49 ` Patrick Gundlach
2003-11-30 9:34 ` Thomas A.Schmitz
2003-11-30 20:12 ` Patrick Gundlach
2003-11-30 4:24 ` Matthew Huggett
2003-12-01 10:45 ` m-bib and crossref Taco Hoekwater
2003-12-01 19:00 ` William D. Neumann
2003-12-04 8:48 ` Taco Hoekwater
2003-12-05 19:20 ` Peter Münster
2003-11-29 0:08 ` news / bold math Adam Lindsay
2003-12-09 23:39 ConTeXt Switcher? Christopher G D Tipper
2003-12-10 0:27 ` Re[2]: " Giuseppe Bilotta
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