From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/14224 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Giuseppe Bilotta Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re[2]: ConTeXt Switcher? Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 23:06:27 +0100 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <792618194.20031208230627@iol.it> References: Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070921677 21706 80.91.224.253 (8 Dec 2003 22:14:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 22:14:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Mon Dec 08 23:14:35 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ATTeF-0005ux-00 for ; Mon, 08 Dec 2003 23:14:35 +0100 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E2BA10B04; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 23:14:30 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from smtp2.libero.it (smtp2.libero.it [193.70.192.52]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4477510ABB for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 23:06:35 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from OBLOMOV (151.29.149.154) by smtp2.libero.it (7.0.020-DD01) id 3F6F0DA90180DC28 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 23:07:20 +0100 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:14224 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:14224 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: >

“Hello world”

, 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