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Re: Heterogeneous XML editing environments - how do youcope?

• From: Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie@r...>
• To: rob@k...
• Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:51:05 -0400

Robert Koberg wrote:
> This isn't XML. ???
>
> If you are writing source code documentation then thre are ways to set
> preserve space.
>   
Quite so - sorry, my original response was misguided.

Back to your original statement, though...

> Is whitespace like this important:
> > >
> > > <p>blah blah
> > > blah blah blah
> > > blah blah</p>
> > >
> > > ? Doesn't it seem incorrect? But it's probably nice for the vi/emacs
> > > user. But why use stone tablets?
>   

Well, you seem to be saying that a GUI-oriented XML tool should feel 
free to output things that are hard to format for those who use tools 
like Emacs, and that everyone should use the GUI-oriented tool?

When you have a heterogeneous editing environment, that's because 
different tools are better for different jobs. Certainly the vast 
majority of XML luminaries I know use text oriented editors with XML 
extensions rather than GUI tools like XMetaL. So I was glad to see 
Liam's post that suggests that this behavior can be modified.

Jonathan

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