Per Jessen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:33 PM): > On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 20:43:05 +0000 (GMT), Stephen Turner wrote: >>Seconded. What we really need is a customizable output format. Last time I >>tried to add a new output format it was really horrific, and it's not >>something I want to repeat in a hurry. It really needs a whole new system so >>that other people can write output formats for XHTML, or PDF, or Bob's word >>processor format, without editing the source code. Maybe some sort of >>templates, or something like the language files, or whatever. But this >>appears to be very difficult in practice -- even the existing formats are >>sufficiently different that they would all need special cases.
> I would propose producing XML-only output, for subsequent processing using > XSLT to produce output. > I did look at this for a while, but decided such a change was more than > I really wanted to take on. Initially I was more concerned with keeping > changes to a minimum - whereas producing XML-output only, to be followed > by XSLT and all that that brings along, was more of a rewrite than a > mere patch. > Without(!) having looked at this in any detail, might going for XHTML be a > minor step on the way ? XML is only a data language. It still requires a DTD that includes all the necessary details. XHTML in much richer because it includes all the layout data. I don't think generating XHTML is really a step towards XML. Although it may simplfy the HTML output (although I doubt by much), it is not the same elements that would be used in XML. OTOH, it would give you a really good understanding of the output code in Analog, if you chose to take on the bigger task later. -- Jeremy Wadsack Wadsack-Allen Digital Group +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this | mailing list, go to | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | List archives are available at | http://www.mail-archive.com/analog-help@lists.isite.net/ | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ | http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 +------------------------------------------------------------------------
