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Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] oXygen 9 beta with WYSIWYG-like editing supportfor DocBook
Hi, This is a very interesting topic (from time to time this kind of debate is refreshing from the pure technicalities ;-). Javier, I can see your point. From a strict point of view you are right, but we shouldn't forget "end-users". I "enjoy" a long experience trying to introduce XML content management into IT projects. One of the most difficult hurdle to tackle is "end-users": the people typing structured content. You should make thing as easy and smooth as possible... if you don't like to see them work in "Word" (Side note: from time to time you can read, at the FrameMaker forum, people asking "what's the advantage of using structured document". And so they are FrameMaker users!!!). The approach we can see in Oxygen 9 maybe is not the most DocBook "pure" one, but it is quite convenient for WYSIWYG editing. Giving the fact that Oxygen is mainly a tool for developers, I think both "approaches" should be present, but I would appreciate if my tool of choice could make my live easier. For example, if only the editor could insert the wrapping CDATA section code automatically when I choose <programlisting> would be a nice feature. Afterwards, I may or may not be aware of the "internals" depending on my position in the production chain. Just my two cents!! Regards, Pedro Pastor -----Mensaje original----- De: Javi [mailto:spanish@inicia.es] Enviado el: miércoles, 03 de octubre de 2007 9:05 CC: DocBook Apps Mailing List Asunto: Re: [docbook-apps] oXygen 9 beta with WYSIWYG-like editing supportfor DocBook Michael(tm) Smith wrote: > I'm sorry, but I don't see any real-world difference between > "emphasis" and italics, nor "strong emphasis" and bold. In > practice, they amount to the same thing, and pretending that > they're not doesn't really help anybody. But what might help a > Come on, Michael. How can you say this? italics and bold are two possible renderings for some internal meaning. In markup you should mark your intended meaning, and then later you will decide the better way to render this meaning. To say that italics=emphasis is wrong. Because italics=(emphasis,foreign word,quotation,etc.) There are too few rendering options for a huge number of intended meanings. If we end up with only italics and bold, we can only distinguish two. Come on, we are in structural markup. Bold and italics will NEVER be structural. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-help@lists.oasis-open.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.39/1045 - Release Date: 02/10/2007 18:43 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.39/1045 - Release Date: 02/10/2007 18:43
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