Subject:document types for standard documents Author:Dave Silvia Date:30 May 2007 02:11 PM Originally Posted: 30 May 2007 02:08 PM
Hi!
I did a couple of searches and found nothing, so, if this is a repeat I apologize, I obviously didn't pick the right magic combination of words!;)
I'm curious to know why there are no standard document types for, say, html, xhtml, xdr, rdf, etc.? Something besides just the opening xml identifier? Also, I found no provision/option for including encoding in the xml identifier.
It would be nice if one could select, say, open an xhtml strict 1.0 document and get something of the form:
Subject:document types for standard documents Author:Jamil Taylor Date:30 May 2007 04:31 PM
I considered making a suggestion along these lines awhile ago but decided it really was not needed for me. The reason for my decision was that the editor does allow me to quickly and easily create common elements and attributes. However, perhaps a user definable template mechanism would meet your needs and be a nice added feature. This would allow users to create templates that would automatically be the starting point for new documents.
Subject:document types for standard documents Author:Dave Silvia Date:30 May 2007 07:43 PM Originally Posted: 30 May 2007 07:38 PM
>I considered making a
>suggestion along these lines
>awhile ago but decided it
>really was not needed for me.
>The reason for my decision was
>that the editor does allow me
>to quickly and easily create
>common elements and
>attributes. However, perhaps a
>user definable template
>mechanism would meet your
>needs and be a nice added
>feature. This would allow
>users to create templates that
>would automatically be the
>starting point for new
>documents.
Hi!
Actually, I think both would be a better idea. I don't see where the current IDE will add a line like:
These are standard documents with a standard opening section, so I really see no reason why the IDE cannot have them ready made for our use. A user shouldn't really have to make a template for such standard headings. But, being able to use such a standard, IDE supplied template to create one's own _more_ customized template would be great!;)
It would be a small, finite group of IDE supplied templates, perhaps, at most, say, 40 or 50. And many of these would fall into groups where the template might only differ in, say, the <!DOCTYPE ... > content, so, in reality a much smaller number of templates with IDE defined variables to fill in according to minor differences in type.
Most other WEB Document, [X]HTML, CSS, and XML IDE's have this feature, shouldn't:
Subject:document types for standard documents Author:Dave Silvia Date:30 May 2007 07:42 PM Originally Posted: 30 May 2007 07:39 PM
Oops! due to a time lag in the network this got entered twice. I'm afraid to delete it because when I make that selection, it looks like it might delete the entire topic! Wouldn't want that!;)