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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.
> > >
> >
> >
>
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Cheers,
Gilles
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