I guess that is another +1 for XXE - it escapes all that crap. Just paste the code and you are done.
Larry On 10/4/06, Clinton Begin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The biggest thing for me is the embedded XML within the docs. Because iBATIS has a lot of XML of its own, it becomes a real pain when we have to start typing hundreds of <select> everywhere... Cheers, On 10/4/06, Larry Meadors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nope, I think you have all you *need*, but XXE also gives you tools > for things like inserting images and stuff that a text-based editor > won't (but after you do one, you won't need that), and is more WYSIWYG > than eclipse will be, so it may be faster to edit and see the > structure more clearly. > > Nothing earth-shattering, but some niceties nonetheless. > > I also agree that the markup should just be content, and the style > should be applied with XSL later. > > IMO, that is another fundamental difference between using OO and an > XML editor: OO implies structure based on style; XML implies style > based on structure. > > Larry > > > On 10/4/06, Brandon Goodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > personally, I would rather use my IDE which already does XML editing > > according to a schema and tells me when i'm doing something goofy. Also, the > > docbook is a base markup and not a final product. So, in the end it only > > servers to be transformed into something useful. So, I already have a set of > > tools that i use to do all that. I have an xml editor, xslt plugin, and > > xpath plugin. That's really all i should need. Am i missing something? > > > > Brandon > > > > > > On 10/4/06, Larry Meadors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Heheh, is this the politically correct way to say "they both suck"? ;-) > > > > > > IMO, the dissonance is because they are trying to accomplish two very > > > different things: > > > > > > XXE is an XML editor, not a word processor. It's goal is to make the > > > document structure correct. > > > > > > OO Writer is a general purpose word processor that is intended to > > > replace Word, and it happens to have a docbook writer bolted on. > > > > > > When I first used XXE, I found it to be really cumbersome, too...just > > > like the first time I used a real Java IDE. It tries to make sure you > > > don't screw stuff up (structurally), so you can't do whatever you want > > > wherever you want to - it forces you to play by the docbook rules. > > > It's a pain, but once you get used to it, it'll be like the difference > > > between using an IDE and notepad for editing Java source. With > > > notepad, you can put anything anywhere, right or wrong, but it's not > > > cumbersome at all. ;-) > > > > > > Larry > > > > > > > > > On 10/4/06, Ted Husted < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 10/4/06, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'll try it again, but the last time I used XXE, I found it cumbersome > > > > > and distracting. OO is at least unobstrusive. > > > > > > > > I flipped back and forth between them for a while, and found each to > > > > be inadequate in different ways. I continued to be amazed at the lack > > > > of adequate tools for collaborating on technical documentation. > > > > > > > > -Ted. > > > > > > > >
